Former Egyptian President Mohamed Morsy , appearing before a Cairo court Tuesday to face charges related to a 2011 jailbreak , denounced the process as unfair and unjust . Speaking from inside a soundproof glass enclosure , Morsy demanded to know where he was and who was in charge . His lawyers explained to the judge that he was angry because he had not been allowed to see his lawyers or family . Nineteen Muslim Brotherhood members , including Morsy , allegedly broke out of the prison in 2011 , state-run EGYNews reported . At the time , the Muslim Brotherhood was banned in the country . But the Islamist group became Egypt 's most powerful political force after longtime ruler Hosni Mubarak was toppled in February 2011 . Morsy and dozens of co-defendants are accused of collaborating with the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas and the Lebanese Shia group Hezbollah to escape from the Wadi-Natroun prison , the state-owned Ahram Online news agency said . The defendants are also accused of attempting to murder police officers , Ahram Online said . Egypt 's military OKs Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi for presidential run . ' I am not assured ' of judge 's fairness . The judge , who controlled the sound , allowed Morsy to address the court in the afternoon . Morsy said he had not been allowed to see his lawyers since November . But he had been visited repeatedly by `` investigative judges '' whom he warned about taking part in what he sees as a farce . `` It 's not enough for the judge to be fair , but for the subject to be assured of the judge 's fairness , and I am not assured , '' he said . The other Muslim Brotherhood defendants were placed in a separate enclosure and held up a four-finger salute to show solidarity with the group . The judge adjourned the hearing until February 22 . The trial is one of several that Morsy is facing . He has also been charged with raiding other prisons , killing soldiers and officers in Rafah , and incitement to murder in connection with protests against his rule in 2012 . A short tenure . Morsy became Egypt 's first democratically elected president in 2012 after the fall of Mubarak , who had ruled Egypt for 29 years . But just one year later , Morsy was deposed in a military coup . The U.S. State Department called for the military to release him , saying his detention was politically motivated . Opponents accused Morsy of pursuing an Islamist agenda and excluding other factions from the government . But supporters said that he was n't given a fair chance and that the military has returned to the authoritarian practices of Mubarak . Egyptian official killed . Morsy 's trial was n't the only significant news out of Egypt on Tuesday . A senior aide to Egypt 's interior minister was killed in the Giza area of Cairo , a presidential spokesman said . Gen. Mohammed Said was shot and killed near the Pyramids , spokesman Ehab Badaway said . There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the attack . Last September , the interior minister himself was targeted in an assassination attempt . Egypt 's Interior Ministry oversees the country 's police force , which has led a fierce and sometimes deadly crackdown against protesters over the past several months .
Ahram Online demands to know where he is , who 's in charge at hearing in Egypt . Morsy allegedly broke out of a prison in 2012 , before he became president . He became president in one year later but was deposed in a military coup 2012 . Elsewhere in Cairo , an interior ministry aide is shot and killed .