Deposed Mursi misses Cairo court hearing after bad weather


Smoke rises as Egyptian security forces clash with supporters of deposed Egyptian President Mohamed Mursi at Nasr City district in Cairo January 8, 2014. REUTERS/Al Youm Al Saabi Newspaper

CAIRO (Reuters) - The trial of deposed Egyptian President Mohamed Mursi on charges of inciting murder of protesters was postponed on Wednesday until February 1 after officials said that bad weather had prevented him being flown to court.

The military-backed government has cracked down hard on Mursi's Muslim Brotherhood since his overthrow, arresting almost its entire leadership and thousands of its backers as well as formally declaring it a terrorist organisation. The Brotherhood says it is committed to peaceful activism.

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