A military tribunal in Suez postponed on Monday the trial of Muslim Brotherhood Supreme Guide Mohamed Badie and 198 others accused of inciting violence to March 9.
The Suez public prosecutors referred last Tuesday 199 people, including Badie, to military trial over violence which occurred in August 2013.
The defendants are accused of inciting violence in Suez in August 2013, following the deadly dispersal of two camps set up in support of ousted Islamist President Mohamed Mursi. They are also accused of burning military vehicles and churches in Suez.
The public prosecution in the governorate of Qena referred Badie and 83 others to the military prosecution late Sunday over charges of vandalism and inciting violence, reported state-run news agency MENA.
President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi issued on October 27, 2014 a new law which refers crimes committed against the state's public and "vital" facilities to the military judiciary.
The law was criticised by human rights organisations for expanding the jurisdiction of military tribunals on civilians.
In the aftermath of the dispersals, violence broke out in several parts of the country. In Suez, at least 30 people were killed in the violence, dozens of military personnel were injured and a military vehicle and several churches were set ablaze.
Mursi and Badie are among several leading Brotherhood figures who have been put on trial after the July ouster, facing a slew of charges. Several of them have been convicted and some have been handed death sentences.
