Morsi won't attend opening of trial: Egypt Mohamed Morsi, the former Egyptian president who hasn't been seen in public since the army ousted him in July, will not appear at the opening of his trial. The government's announcement has raised fears among his supporters about his health and how he has been treated during his detention. Whether the trial will be televised remains unclear, but numerous news agencies report it won't. The trial set for Monday has already been moved, from the Torah prison to the city's Police Academy, where former Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak's trial was held, appeals court judge Medhat Idris revealed on Sunday. The last-minute announcements add to the tension already palpable in this nation. Many fear the trial could set off a new round of violence between Morsi supporters and opponents. Pro-Morsi demonstrations had been planned outside the Torah prison, when that was thought to be the trial's venue. The decision that Morsi will not appear at the start of his own trial seems likely to be as inflammatory as having him appear in a cage in court, as is Egyptian tradition for criminal defendants. Cairo already was locked down on Sunday. Tanks were stationed at key government locations, and 20,000 police and soldiers had been called up to secure the nation for Monday's hearing. Some government workers did not report for duty on Sunday, a work day in Egypt, and some schools were closed. Many businesses urged their workers not to come to work on Monday. Morsi and 14 members of the Muslim Brotherhood have been charged with inciting violence during clashes late last year outside the presidential palace, during which 10 people died. Those deaths once outraged the nation, but a new standard of violence has set in, since the toppling of Morsi, the country's first democratically elected leader who became widely unpopular during his year in office. At least 1,300 people have been killed since he was ousted in clashes between Morsi supporters, their opponents and security forces. Morsi's supporters insist he remains the legitimate leader even as the vast majority of Egyptians openly back his ouster. The man who engineered his departure from office, Defence Minister General Abdel Fattah el-Sissi, remains the leading, if still undeclared, candidate to replace him in elections that have yet to be scheduled. The trial overshadowed a visit by US Secretary of State John Kerry, as State Department officials sought to dispel reports in a government newspaper that Kerry had come to Egypt for the first time since Morsi's ouster to stop the trial. Instead, Kerry urged that Egypt respect the rule of law and for transparent trials without mentioning Monday's session specifically.