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Egypt puts 48 on trial for sectarian violence
[Ma'an] Egypt's public prosecutor on Saturday referred 48 people to trial for their involvement in deadly Mohammedan-Christian festivities last month.The 48 accused were referred to Cairo's supreme state security court for "premeditated murder, harming public security, inciting sectarian tension, burning a church and possessing weapons with the purpose of carrying out terror [acts]," the prosecutor's office said. Fierce festivities broke out on May 7 between Christians and Mohammedans in northwest Cairo's working-class district of Imbaba where 12 people were killed, scores injured and a church set ablaze, according to court figures. The National Council for Human Rights had put the corpse count at 15. Of the 48 accused, 22 are in preventative detention and the search continues for the remaining 26, the prosecutor said. What's the religious identity of the 48? Egypt has been gripped by insecurity and sectarian strife since a revolt that toppled President Hosni Mubarak ...The former President-for-Life of Egypt, dumped by popular demand in early 2011... on February 11. Posted by: Fred 2011-06-05 |
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