Investigations Judge Hassan Samir has referred former president Mohamed Morsi to criminal court, alongside Muslim Brotherhood Supreme Guide Mohamed Badie, his deputy Mahmoud Ezzat, former speaker of parliament Saad Al-Katatny and 126 others, according to a Saturday statement issued by Prosecution. The defendants include Guidance bureau members Mohamed Al-Beltagy, Essam Al-Erian, Saad Al-Hosseiny and 123 members of the Brotherhood, Hamas and Hezbollah. The defendants are charged with kidnapping four police officers and holding them in the Gaza strip, using heavy armaments against the Egyptian government, breaking into prisons, breaking prisoners out, murder and attempted murder of police officers among other charges such as committing violent acts affecting the unity and independence of Egypt and setting fire to governmental buildings. The prosecution statement described these alleged crimes as "the most dangerous acts of terrorism the country has ever witnessed".