A Giza criminal court has acquitted Muslim Brotherhood chief Mohamed Badie and seven others in a retrial over 2013 violence, the first time the Islamist leader has been acquitted in a string of trials he is facing. The case dates back to clashes that took place near the Istikama Mosque on the outskirts of Cairo in July 2013 following the overthrow of Islamist President Mohamed Morsi, which left nine people killed and 20 injured. In 2014, the court sentenced the defendants to life over charges including murder, attempted murder and belonging to a group that aims to disturb public security and peace. However, Egypt's top appeals court, the Court of Cassation, accepted an appeal by Badie and others and ordered a retrial in October 2016. More to follow