An Egyptian prosecutor decided on Wednesday to arrest Gamal Saber, spokesman of the Islamist “Hazemoon” movement, for four days, pending investigations in violent events that broke out in recent days in Cairo's Shubra neighborhood. The prosecutor accused the spokesman of the movement, which was founded to support disqualified presidential candidate, Hazem Salah Abu Ismail, and his son, of murder, thuggery and the possession of unlicensed weapons. Chairman of the Salafi (ultraconservative) Nour Party, Younes Makhyoun, described the manner in which Saber was arrested as a “setback” for Egypt's uprising and a return to practices of the former regime. Different media outlets had aired images of Saber, blind folded and bound, after he was accused of being involved, with his son, in the killing of a man. Makhyoun held the authorities responsible for, what he described as, this violation of human rights and breach of the law, asking for an immediate investigation in the case to punish those responsible.
