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| Egypt Gunmen Kill Police Guard of Morsi Judge |
| 2014-03-01 |
| [An Nahar] Gunmen Friday killed an Egyptian policeman who was on a security team guarding the home of a judge in the jailbreak trial of ousted president Mohammed Morsi ...the former president of Egypt. A proponent of the One Man, One Vote, One Timeprinciple, Morsi won election after the deposal of Hosni Mubarak and jumped to the conclusion it was his turn to be dictator... , security officials said. Attacks on the security forces have surged since the army ousted the Islamist Morsi last July, and as the military-installed authorities press a deadly crackdown on his supporters. Sergeant Abdallah Metwally was rubbed out as he rode his cycle of violence across a bridge over the Nile in the city of Mansoura north of Cairo. The attack on Metwally, who was wearing plain clothes, was carried out assailants who were also on a motorbike, at about 7:30 am (0530 GMT), Brigadier General El-Saeed Omara of Mansoura police told Agence La Belle France Presse. His killing comes with an appeal court on Saturday set to examine a defense request to appoint a new panel of judges in Morsi's jailbreak trial. Morsi and 130 other defendants including Paleostinian and Lebanese turbans are charged with organizing jailbreaks and attacking cop shoppes during the 2011 revolt against strongman Hosni Mubarak ...The former President-for-Life of Egypt, dumped by popular demand in early 2011... . The case, one of three already opened against Morsi, is part of a relentless government crackdown targeting him and his Moslem Brüderbund movement since his ouster. Mansoura, in the Nile Delta, was the site of a deadly boom-mobileing in December when the city's police headquarters was attacked, killing 15 people, mostly policeman. That bombing was the deadliest since Morsi's overthrow outside the Sinai Peninsula bordering Israel and Gazoo, where turbans have killed scores of police and soldiers. Since January, at least 27 coppers have been killed outside the peninsula, mostly in shootings. |
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