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| Egypt Brotherhood member bailed over assault charges |
| 2013-05-09 |
| [Al Ahram] Alaa Hamza, a member of the Moslem Brüderbund accused of capturing and torturing opposition protesters, was released on bail of LE10,000 on Wednesday, Al-Ahram Arabic news website reported. Hamza was locked away Youse'll never take me alive coppers!... [BANG!]... Ow!... I quit! for 24 hours while prosecutors decided whether to bring charges against him. He was summoned by prosecutors in mid-April to answer questions about accusations that he took part in the mistreatment of opposition protesters near the presidential palace in December 2012. Videos posted online after the violence -- which resulted in several deaths -- showed protesters being tied up, interrogated and physically assaulted by bearded men near the presidential palace in Heliopolis. Hamza appeared in some of these videos, interrogating and insulting captured protesters. President Mohamed Morsi was a long-term member of the Moslem Brüderbund until he resigned when he became president. |
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