An Egyptian court on Tuesday sentenced four members of the outlawed Muslim Brotherhood to life in prison for burning a church in Giza, southwest of Cairo.
The Kafr Hakim church was set on fire in August 2013 in a wave of violence in Egypt.
The prosecution accused the defendants of joining an illegal group, the Muslim Brotherhood which is officially classified as a terrorist organization.
They were also accused of possessing unlicensed firearms and ammunition, deliberately setting fire to a church and looting it, blocking the road and disturbing the public order and resisting authorities.
The convicted Ahmed Abdelkhalek, Bandari Yehia Bandari and Hussein Mohammed and Abdullah Najem were also finned 20,000 Egyptian pounds ($1,119) each.
