More than 500 Muslim Brotherhood supporters have been sentenced to death during a mass trial at a court in southern Egypt.
The sentence was delivered after two only court sessions in which the defendants' lawyers complained they had no chance to present their case.
"The court has decided to sentence to death 529 defendants and 16 were acquitted," lawyer Ahmed al Sharif said.
Only 123 of the defendants were present for the ruling. The rest were either released, out on bail or on the run.
The defendants are among more than 1,200 supporters of ousted President Mohamed Morsi who went on trial in Minya on Saturday.
They are accused of attacking both police and public property after security forces broke up two Cairo protest camps set up by supporters of Mr Morsi last August.
They were also accused of committing acts of violence that led to the deaths of two policemen in Minya, judicial sources said.
Supporters of ousted president Mr Morsi have faced a crackdown since he was forced from power in July.
Hundreds of people have been killed and thousands arrested since the Muslim Brotherhood was banned.
The government has declared the Muslim Brotherhood to be a "terrorist" organisation, a claim the group denies.
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