Giza Criminal Court headed by Judge Mohamed Nagy Shehata will resume Thursday the trial of 51 Muslim Brotherhood leaders including group Supreme Guide Mohamed Badie in the case known as Rabaa task force.
The court will listen today to the prosecutor's argument.
Prosecution argues that the suspects Badie and his deputy Mahmoud Ghozlan planned a scheme after 30 June to create chaos in the country by breaking into police stations, state establishments, private properties, Coptic places of worship and setting them on fire.
The group also allegedly formed a task force to follow on movements of its members and supervise the progress of its scheme. Prosecution also claims they changed the place of the task force in the aftermath of measures taken by the state upon the sit-ins dispersal so as not to be known by security services.
Authorities argue that the defendants fabricated photos of victims and injured among the protesters as well as preparing press releases in foreign languages to publish them at foreign media and local media centers such as the Rassd news network. The suspects are also accused of staging protests that include armed elements to hamper traffic and intimidate people.
Additionally, prosecutors say that the suspects ordered the affiliated civil servants to set state establishments on fire, attack police establishments, steal their contents, carry out assassination operations against police personnel. They are accused of funding these elements financially and supplying them with ammunition.
The suspects were referred to court in February. First session of the trial took place on 1 April.
