News: Egypt orders Morsi to be questioned over Hamas ties

Egypt's state prosecutor has ordered deposed president Mohammed Morsi to be questioned for his alleged collaboration with Palestinian militant group Hamas in attacks on police stations and a jailbreak in 2011, Egyptian media reported Friday.

A top Egyptian court has ordered that ousted president Mohamed Morsi be detained for questioning over suspected collaboration with Palestinian militant group Hamas, official MENA news agency reported Friday.

Morsi will be quizzed on whether he collaborated with Hamas in attacks on police stations and prison breaks in early 2011, in which the Islamist and other political inmates escaped during the revolt against strongman Hosni Mubarak, it said.

The alleged crimes are being investigated by a Cairo court that was tasked to determine how inmates broke out of a prison late January 2011, after accusations Morsi's Islamist group sought the help of the Hamas rulers of Gaza.