(AP-USA Today) Hamza Hendawi - Prosecutors will investigate allegations that Egypt's ousted president Mohammed Morsi and more than 30 other Muslim Brotherhood leaders escaped from prison during the 2011 revolution with help from the Palestinian militant group Hamas. Chief prosecutor Hesham Barakat said Thursday he received testimonies from a court in Ismailia that will be the base for the investigation. Critics have suggested that proof of foreign intervention on Egyptian soil could lead to treason charges.
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