Summary The three referred to trial are Mohammed Badie, Khairat el-Shater and senior leader Rashad Bayoumi.
CAIRO (Reuters) - Egyptian authorities have referred the leader of the Muslim Brotherhood and two other senior officials in the movement to a court on charges of inciting violence.
The move against Mohammed Badie, the Brotherhood s general guide, and the two others is certain to deepen tensions between Islamists and the military, who removed Egypt s Islamist president, Mohamed Morsi, from power on July 3.
Egypt s interim government said on Wednesday it would take all measures to deal with violence from Muslim Brotherhood sit-in protests in Cairo, declaring them a threat to national security that was no longer acceptable.
"The cabinet has decided to take all measures necessary to confront these risks and put an end to them," it said in a televised statement. It said it had instructed the interior minister to do everything necessary to deal with them within the law.
The decision Wednesday by Cairo prosecutors is the latest move in a crackdown by authorities on the Islamist group following the July 3 ouster of Mohammed Morsi in a military coup.
The three referred to trial are Mohammed Badie, the group s leader who is on the run, his powerful deputy Khairat el-Shater and senior leader Rashad Bayoumi.
They are accused of inciting the killing of at least eight protesters outside the Cairo headquarters of the group.
