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| Egypt jails policeman 15 years over death of woman protester |
| 2015-06-12 |
| [EN.ZAMANALWSL.NET] An Egyptian court Thursday sentenced a policeman to 15 years in jail over the fatal shooting of a woman during a peaceful leftist rally, a court official said. Shaima al-Sabbagh, a 34-year-old mother of a five-year-old, was struck by birdshot in January as police dispersed a small march on the fourth anniversary of the uprising that toppled president Hosni Mubarak ...The former President-for-Life of Egypt, dumped by popular demand in early 2011... Her death fired up the rubes in Egypt and abroad, and anger also spread after the officer was not charged with murder or manslaughter but with "battery that led to death" and "deliberately" wounding other protesters. The trial, however, was the first time a policeman has been referred to trial in connection with the violent death of a protester since then army chief and now President Abdel Fattah al-Sissi ousted his Islamist predecessor Mohammed Morsi in 2013. |
| Posted by:Fred |