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An Egyptian court on Wednesday adjourned the murder trial of deposed president Mohamed Morsi to February 1, citing \u201cweather conditions\u201d that prevented the Islamist\u2019s transport to court from prison.<\/span><\/p>\n

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It had been scheduled as the second hearing in Morsi\u2019s trial, after an initial court appearance in November in which he denounced the tribunal and insisted he was still the country\u2019s president.<\/span>
Morsi, who was toppled by the military in July, is accused of inciting the killings of opposition protesters in December 2012 outside the presidential palace.<\/span>
\u201cBecause of the weather conditions, Mohamed Morsi could not be brought, so the trial will be adjourned to February 1,\u201d said presiding judge Ahmed Sabry Youssef.<\/span>
Morsi is held in prison some 60 kilometres (40 miles) from the Mediterranean city of Alexandria.<\/span>
He is on trial with 14 co-defendants, but only several were brought Wednesday to the makeshift court house in a police academy on Cairo\u2019s outskirts.<\/span>
Elsewhere, police fired tear gas at Morsi supporters who had rallied in protest at the trial.<\/span>
In Cairo\u2019s Nasr City neighbourhood, tyres were burnt and some car windows were smashed during brief clashes. The interior ministry said 17 people had been arrested.<\/span>
In the police academy, defendants were held in a room adjacent to the court room as they waited for the hearing to start. \u201cThis is a political trial,\u201d yelled Essam al-Erian, a senior member of Morsi\u2019s Muslim Brotherhood movement, who was among the defendants.<\/span>
His lawyer Bahaa el-Din Abdel Rahman told AFP his client and other defendants had embarked on a hunger strike. \u201cAll the accused who are present today are on hunger strike and reaffirm that they reject this trial,\u201d he said.<\/span>
Morsi\u2019s trial is seen as a test for Egypt\u2019s new authorities, who have come under fire for heavy-handedness. With more than 1,000 people killed since Morsi\u2019s overthrow and thousands of Islamists arrested, the chances of political reconciliation in the Arab world\u2019s most populous nation are ever more remote.<\/span>
Morsi will also face separate trials on charges of espionage and colluding with militants to carry out attacks in Egypt. He was catapulted from the underground offices of the long-banned Muslim Brotherhood to become Egypt\u2019s first freely elected president in June 2012 following Mubarak\u2019s overthrow in an early 2011 uprising.<\/span>
But his single year in power was marred by political turmoil, deadly clashes and a crippling economic crisis.<\/span>
In December 2012, members of the Muslim Brotherhood attacked opposition protesters camped outside the presidential palace in protest at a decree by Morsi to grant himself extra-judicial powers.<\/span>
At least seven people were killed in the clashes, and dozens of opposition protesters were detained and beaten by Morsi\u2019s supporters.<\/span>
The incident was a turning point in Morsi\u2019s presidency, galvanising a disparate opposition that eventually organised mass protests in June 2013 that prompted the military to topple and detain him.<\/span>
Morsi\u2019s defence says there is no proof he incited the clashes, and that most of those killed in the violence were Brotherhood members.<\/span><\/p>\n

Source:<\/span> The Nation<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

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