UPDATES: BREAKING: Egypt upholds 183 death sentences including Brotherhood chief

Largest mass death sentence to be confirmed in Egypt in recent memory

Egypt court upholds death sentences for 182 Brotherhood supporters, including Supreme Guide.

Minya Criminal Court upheld the death sentences on Saturday of 182 Muslim Brotherhood supporters, including the Brotherhood's Supreme Guide Mohamed Badie.

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An Egyptian court, Minya Criminal Court on Saturday confirmed the death sentences of more than 180 alleged Islamists, including the top leader of the Muslim Brotherhood, lawyers said.

Lawyers say the ruling can be overturned on appeal. It was not immediately clear how many sentences had been confirmed, with the attorneys giving estimates ranging from 182 to 197. In either case, it would be largest mass death sentence to be confirmed in Egypt in recent memory.

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Tuesday’s proceedings are held in the southern city of Minya, where just the day before the same court handed down death sentences to nearly 530 supporters of ousted President Mohammed Morsi over a deadly attack on a police station.