Gunmen kill 3 Egyptian judges in Sinai hours after Morsi sentenced to death

Hours after an Egyptian court handed down death penalty to ousted leader Mohamed Morsi, three judges have been shot dead in the Sinai Peninsula.

Police said the judges were travelling in a car in the city of Al Arish when suspected Islamist gunmen attacked them, reported The Independent.

Another fourth person was killed and three others were injured in the attack.

It is unclear if the attack was linked to anger over the death sentence handed down to Morsi in Cairo but Egyptian government has often blamed Muslim Brotherhood supporters for violence in Sinai in the past.

The Muslim Brotherhood has been banned and hundreds of its former officials and supporters have been arrested and jailed.

Morsi and over 100 other people were sentenced to death on Saturday over a mass prison break during the 2011 uprising that toppled Morsi's predecessor, Hosni Mubarak.