CAIRO (AA) – Ousted president Mohamed Morsi on Friday was ordered detained for 15 days pending investigation of charges that he had "conspired" with the Gaza-based Hamas movement to carry out "hostile acts" inside Egypt.
Morsi also faces charges of involvement in attacks on police facilities and personnel, according to Egyptian state news agency MENA.
He is also charged with helping prisoners – including himself – escape from jail, sabotaging public property, and abducting security officers and soldiers.
Morsi, Egypt's first democratically elected president, was overthrown by the army on July 3 after mass protests against his regime.
The army subsequently suspended the constitution and installed Adly Mansour, the head of the Egypt's constitutional court, as interim president under a transitional roadmap for the country's political future.
Morsi, a leading Muslim Brotherhood member, has not been seen in public since his overthrow by the military.
Meanwhile, thousands of Morsi supporters continue to stage daily demonstrations and sit-ins to defend his democratic legitimacy and demand his reinstatement.
