Egypt sets Muslim Brotherhood chief's trial for December 9

The trial of Muslim Brotherhood chief Mohammed Badie, charged with inciting violence against anti-Islamist protesters, was set for December 9 by an Egyptian court Sunday.

The state-run Middle East News Agency reported that 14 Islamists, including senior Brotherhood officials, will also stand trial

They are charged with inciting clashes in July in Giza, near Cairo, in which five people were killed and 100 injured, the agency reported.

Badie, who is in detention, faces incitement charges in several other cases.

Last month, judges at a Cairo court withdrew from hearing an incitement case against Badie and his two deputies, citing "feelings of unease," but did not elaborate.

The military-backed authorities have rounded up hundreds of Islamists since the army's July 3 overthrow of president Mohammed Morsi of the Brotherhood.

The toppling of Morsi, Egypt's first democratically elected president, has triggered mass protests and street violence, leaving hundreds dead.