Egypt Muslim Brotherhood mass death sentence ruling due
A court in Egypt is due to deliver final verdicts for hundreds of Muslim Brotherhood supporters accused of attacking a police station in 2013, the BBC reported.
A judge recommended the death penalty for the 683 defendants, in a mass trial in April that drew widespread criticism from human rights groups.
Mohammed Badie, leader of the banned Muslim Brotherhood, is among them.
The military-installed government has sentenced at least 1,000 of its opponents since December.
Authorities have cracked down harshly on Islamists since former President Mohammed Morsi, who belongs to the Muslim Brotherhood, was removed by the military in July 2013 following mass protests.
Saturday's verdict is due to be delivered by a court in the town of Minya, south of Cairo.
The defendants face charges over an attack on a police station in Minya on 14 August 2013, in which policemen were killed.
Hundreds of Muslim Brotherhood supporters were also killed in clashes with police in Cairo that day.