Cairo: The Egyptian prosecution referred 53 members and loyalists of the outlawed Muslim Brotherhood group to military trial over the murder of a police officer earlier this year.

The defendants include leading Brotherhood members Mahmoud Gozlan and Abdel-Rahman Abdel-Barr, as well as well-known cleric Youssef al-Qaradai, who are currently fleeing and being tried in absentia, Xinhua news agency reported on Saturday.