The trial of former President Hosni Mubarak, his two sons and seven associates will be held in Cairo, Deputy Justice Minister Mohammed Munie told the state news agency MENA on Thursday.
The announcement came after the health minister declared Mr. Mubarak, 83, above, well enough to be brought to the capital from a hospital in the Sinai, where he is under arrest.
The trial, scheduled to begin Wednesday, will take place in a convention center with hundreds of seats for an audience.