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March 14, 2013

Inquiry: Mubarak Regime Behind Nearly 900 Killings of Egyptian Protesters 
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An Egyptian government inquiry has found the regime of ousted President
Hosni Mubarak was behind nearly all of the roughly 900 killings of
protesters during the country's uprising. According to the Associated
Press, a fact-finding commission has confirmed Mubarak's regime used
rooftop snipers to fire into large crowds around Cairo's Tahrir Square.
The report cites internal government records of assault rifles and
ammunition rounds showing that police shootings were widespread. The
report concludes the shootings could only have been approved by
Mubarak's former interior minister, Habib el-Adly, with Mubarak's
blessing. The findings come ahead of a retrial for Mubarak and el-Adly
on charges of failing to stop the killings after they successfully
appealed their convictions last June.

 

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