Egypt sends 41 Islamists to prison for rioting
ASSIUT - A criminal court in southern Egypt has convicted Thursday 41 Islamists on charges of rioting in August last year, and sentenced them to prison terms ranging from one to 15 years.
Prosecutors in the city of Assiut had argued that the defendants - all supporters of ousted Islamist President Mohammed Morsi - ordered or participated in riots there shortly after the security forces' deadly breakup of two Islamist sit-ins in Cairo on Aug. 14, 2013.
The Assiut rioting included torching of churches and attacking government buildings.
The court also acquitted 60 defendants in the case.
