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Egypt prosecutors detain Shia leader
[Al Ahram] Prosecutors in Giza have enjuggedDrop the rod and step away witcher hands up! a leading Shia figure for possession of unlicensed firearms and ammunition. Mohamed El-Dereiny, who heads the Supreme Council for Ahl El-Beit, a group representing Egypt's Shia Moslems, said he had the weapons for self-defence after receiving death threats. He told prosecutors he feared he would be killed like Shia Sheikh Hassan Shehata. Shehata and three other Shias were killed in a hundreds-strong sectarian mob attack in Zawyat Abu Musalam village in Giza governorate on Monday. El-Dereiny said he used a camera found with the weapons to record a video message to President Mohamed Morsi saying he would protect himself. El-Dereiny will be detained for four days pending investigations. A journalist at state news agency MENA and another man incarcerated Maw! They're comin' to get me, Maw! at El-Dereiny's home were released after questioning. Posted by: Fred 2013-06-27 |
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