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| Egypt prosecutor general initiates investigation into violence of past 2 days |
| 2013-10-08 |
| [Al Ahram] Egypt's Prosecutor General Hesham Barakat ordered on Monday comprehensive investigations into the violence that erupted in Cairo and outside the capital on Sunday. Barakat also ordered investigations into Monday's attacks in Cairo, Ismailia, and southern Sinai. General prosecution front man Ahmed El-Rakib said the prosecution received notification of "terrorist, violent, murderous, and thuggish acts" taking place on Sunday in Cairo during marches in support 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... El-Rakib said Sherlocks have visited the scene of the crimes and examined the bodies of those killed during Sunday's confrontations. Deadly festivities erupted in Cairo on Sunday as pro-Morsi marches protesting the military headed to Tahrir Square, where thousands were celebrating the 40th anniversary of the 1973 war with Israel. Confrontations also occurred outside the capital, with the corpse count rising to 53 by Sunday night. On Monday morning, six Egyptian army personnel -- one officer and five soldiers -- were killed in an attack by gunnies on an army patrol near the Suez Canal city of Ismailia, security officials said. Shortly afterwards in the southern Sinai town of Al-Tor, two were killed and 48 injured in a massive boom-mobile kaboom targeting security headquarters. Meanwhile in southern Cairo's upscale district of Maadi, armed assailants attacked with RPGs an uplink telecom facility used to air channels on Egypt's Nilesat satellite, reported pan-Arab news channel Sky News Arabia. |
| Posted by:Fred |