Thursday, April 21, 2011

Official report: More than 800 Egyptians were killed in protests against Mubarak

The unrest that led to the resignation of President Mubarak of Egypt were far bloodier than previously thought: There are at least 846 people dead, according to a report of the Judicial Committee - last estimates were out of 365 fatalities. Cairo - lasted for around three weeks of fighting against the rule of Hosni Mubarak - and in the riots in Egypt came to a new report that more than twice as many deaths than previously thought.


At least 846 Egyptians were killed in the protests earlier this year, according to a document released Tuesday by the Egyptian government of a designated judge committee. In estimates authorities had been 365 deaths of the question. Policemen had shot protesters in the mass protests against the government of Hosni Mubarak with live ammunition in the head and chest, according to the recently published report.

Hundreds of Egyptians have also verln because of the violence of sight. The committee was responsible for the report Mubarak, on the 11th as a result of the massive protests Resigned in February, is responsible for the killings of the demonstrators. His Interior Minister Habib al-Adli has finally issued the order to open fire on the demonstrators.

The report was based on statements from officials and eyewitnesses, as well as video footage and photographs of people who were at the protest site. The 82-year-old Mubarak is in a hospital in the resort of Sharm al-Sheikh under house arrest. His two sons and dozens of people are in prison.

Them corruption and the brutal suppression of the democracy movement has been accused.

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