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An Egyptian court on Thursday sentenced to death 10 men for killing a security guard for one of the judges hearing a case against ousted president Mohammed Mursi, an official said.
Sergent Abdallah Metwally was part of a team of policemen guarding the home of judge Hussein Kandil, when he was gunned down in February 2014 in the city of Mansoura north of Cairo.
At the time, Kandil was the presiding judge in Mursi's trial for escaping from jail during the 2011 uprising that ousted longtime president Hosni Mubarak.
In May, Mursi and more than 100 co-defendants were sentenced to death in that trial for plotting jailbreaks and attacks on police.
The 10 men sentenced to death on Thursday were among 24 tried in a court in Mansoura in connection with Metwally's murder, the official said. Verdicts against the 14 others will be announced in September.
In line with Egyptian law, the death sentences were referred to the mufti, the government's official interpreter of Islamic law, and the court will deliver its final ruling on September 7.
Since Mursi's overthrow, hundreds of people have been sentenced to death in speedy trials amid a brutal government crackdown on his supporters.
Also on Thursday, the Mansoura court confirmed death sentences against four men accused of forming a "terrorist group", while nine others were sentenced to life.
The men were also accused of receiving weapons training in the Gaza Strip from Ezzedine Al Qassam Brigades, the armed wing of the Hamas.
Rights groups accuse the authorities of using the judiciary in its crackdown against Mursi supporters that has left hundreds dead and thousands jailed since his ouster.
In retaliation, militants have targeted security forces, and in recent months have also attacked judges and prosecutors.
On June 29, the country's top state prosecutor Hisham Barakat was assassinated in a Cairo car bombing - the highest official to be murdered since the ouster of Mursi.
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