The Cairo Criminal Court has adjourned the trial of 215 Muslim Brotherhood members to March 17.
They have been charged with forming a militant group called “Helwan Brigades,” which was responsible for killing at least six security forces and wounding several civilians and policemen in separate attacks in Cairo.
The court's decision to adjourn the trial was made on Sunday to allow the defense to continue making its argument.
The public prosecution referred the defendants to trial in February 2015, accusing them of leading a group that aimed at disrupting the provisions of the constitution and laws, preventing state institutions and public authorities from exercising their duties, attacking citizens’ personal freedoms, public freedoms and rights guaranteed by the constitution and law, and harming national unity and social peace.
“They established three specialized committees in Cairo and Giza, each of which undertook the formation of armed groups, known as Helwan Brigades, to carry out hostile operations in the country,” said the Public Prosecutor.
Probes indicated that leaders of the Muslim Brotherhood, officially classified as a terrorist organization, had plotted a terrorist attack from prison to topple the regime by “assigning the group’s members outside to implement it.”
They are all accused of targeting security forces in the vicinity of al-Azhar University, in east Cairo, killing three police officers and injuring 11 others and one civilian.
They are also accused of attacking administrative security officials in the university, and leaving three of them injured, vandalizing the building of the tenth district police station and attempting to target Nasr Pedestrian Bridge with explosives.
