CAIRO: An Egyptian official says a Cairo court has convicted 20 students from an Islamist university for rioting during a protest last year in support of ousted President Mohammed Morsi, also an Islamist.
The official says 19 of the students — all from Cairo's Al-Azhar University — were sentenced to five years in prison each. Another defendant got three years.
The official says the 19 were also fined $2,860 each for property damages. He spoke on condition of anonymity because he wasn't authorized to talk to media.
Al-Azhar students have been rallying almost daily to denounce the military's ouster of Morsi, who hails from the Muslim Brotherhood group, and the current military-backed authorities in Egypt.
Several students have been killed during the protests, which often descend into clashes with security forces.