The trial of Egypt's ousted President Mohamed Morsi for the 2012 killing of opposition protesters will resume today after he insisted in a separate trial that he is still the legitimate president.
Today, the third hearing in the court process in which Morsi and 14 other people are accused of inciting the killing of opposition demonstrators in December in the police academy building in Cairo, which is under heavy security, should be held. 2012 in front of the presidential palace, AFP reported.
The previous hearing was postponed due to "weather conditions" that prevented Morsi from being transferred from prison to court.
The Islamist coalition supporting Morsi called today for protests across the country "in support of the legitimate elected president", according to the French agency.
Morsi faces three more trials on different charges, and at the start of his trial on January 28 for his 2011 prison break, he angrily insisted from a glass cage where he was held with about 20 other defendants that he was still legitimate. the president of Egypt.
Morsi is also awaiting trial for insulting a judge, as well as a trial on charges of conspiring with foreign organizations to commit "terrorist acts".
Morsi's trial is seen as a test for Egypt's military authorities, who have come under fire for a crackdown on his supporters after the military ousted him, according to AFP.
Morsi, Egypt's first freely elected president, was ousted by the army in July last year, following mass protests against his rule.
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