The Egyptian court accused the Muslim Brotherhood members of complicity in the raiding Egyptian Wadi al-Natron Prison during the security lax the country was experiencing after the January 25 revolution.
Mursi was imprisoned there and was among those released when the prison was stormed.
The wanted include Samy Shehab from Lebanese Hezbollah; Ayman Nofal and Mohammed al-Hady from Palestinian Hamas Movement; Ramzy Mowafi, the leader of Al-Qaida organisation in the Sinai Peninsula, among others, be captured for investigations into the crimes attributed to them.
In the hearing, chief judge said "there was a scheme for the escape of inmates from Egyptian prisons during the revolution".
He said the scheme was implemented by "foreign elements from Palestinian Hamas Movement, Ezz-al-Din al-Qassam Brigades, the Palestinian Islamic Army, and Lebanese Hezbollah in cooperation with criminals inside the country."
Several of the prisoners were granted presidential pardon by Mursi when he was elected president.
According to legal and constitutional expert Nour Farahat ruling is very important despite it referring the case back to the prosecution.
The storming of prison was done with the aid of foreign elements including Hamas and Hezbollah.
Eleven thousand prisoners escaped and 13 died during the prison break.
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