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Articles of the author Nasser ElSharkawy
Egypt executes notorious sectarian murderer
Mohamed Ahmed Hussein, known as al-Kammouny, was executed on Monday. He was sentenced to death for igniting sectarian violence after opening fire on six Coptic Christians and a Muslim in January last year. Observers considered the incident, which (...)

10 - 10 - 2011
Police officer arrested on suspicion of torturing Salafi to death
The Alexandria public prosecutor has ordered the detention of Mohamed al-Shimy, a police officer from the National Security Apparatus, for four days pending investigation on charges of killing al-Sayed Belal, a Salafi who was allegedly tortured to (...)

28 - 09 - 2011
Prosecution orders the arrest of police officers accused of killing Salafi
The Alexandria Prosecution has ordered the arrest of the police officers accused of torturing and killing Sayed Belal, a Salafi who died in detention after being arrested for investigation into the New Year's Eve bombing of the Two Saints Church in (...)

20 - 09 - 2011
Mubarak and Adly to share a cage once more as trial recommences on Monday
The Cairo Criminal Court is to reconvene on Monday for the third session in the trial of deposed President Hosni Mubarak, his two sons Alaa and Gamal, business tycoon Hussein Salem, who is under house arrest in Spain, former Interior Minister Habib (...)

04 - 09 - 2011
Court hands down suspended sentences for attack on military facility
A military court issued suspended prison sentences on Monday for six people accused of attacking the headquarters of Egypt's Northern Military Command in Alexandria on 22 July. Eight others were aquitted of the same charges. The defendants were also (...)

22 - 08 - 2011
Trial of police officers postponed after victims'' familes clash with defense lawyers
The trial of several police officers accused of killing demonstrators during the recent uprising was adjourned on Monday after the families of the victims clashed with the lawyers of the defendants at the Alexandria Criminal Court. The case is set (...)

20 - 06 - 2011
Khaled Saeed case postponed until end of June
The Alexandria Criminal Court decided Saturday to postpone until 30 June the sentencing of the police officers from Sidi Gaber police station who are accused of killing Khaled Saeed. Mahmoud Salah and Awad Ismail are accused of taking the (...)

21 - 05 - 2011
New threads cast doubt on suicide-bombing scenario in Egypt church blast
Judicial sources said witnesses to the New Year's Eve church bombing report having seen a person opening a manhole cover near the Church's entrance only minutes before the devastating blast took place. They suspected that the person seen opening the (...)

19 - 01 - 2011
Four Salafi suspects arrested over Alex church blast
Four Salafi Muslims have been detained for suspected involvement in the New Year's Eve Alexandria church bombing, security sources said. The suicide attack in front of the Church of St. Peter and St. Mark claimed 23 lives and injured 95. Al-Masry (...)

17 - 01 - 2011
Forensics authorities complete DNA profiling of Alex church bomb victims
Egypt's Forensic Examinations Authority has completed DNA profiling of the victims of the New Year's Eve church bombing in Alexandria, which left 23 people dead and 95 injured. The authority's forensics lab is continuing its examination of the body (...)

11 - 01 - 2011
Police struggle to tie loose ends in Alex church blast case
Egyptian security services are continuing to carry out intensive investigations into the New Year's Eve bombing of a church in Alexandria. Forensics experts are reportedly examining a decapitated head and two legs found in the blast debris in an (...)

04 - 01 - 2011
Convicted child rapists, murderers executed by state
Judicial authorities have finally drawn the curtain on the case known as "The Turbine's Street Children" with the execution of Ramadan Abdel Rahman Mansour, known as "The Turbine Engine," and his accomplice, Farag Samir Mahmoud. Both men, who had (...)

16 - 12 - 2010
Alexandria factory collapse death toll rises to 26
Twenty-six people are now confirmed dead after a garment factory in Alexandria collapsed four days ago. Civil defense teams on Wednesday extricated six corpses from the rubble. The six-floor factory, located in Muharram Bey, east of Alexandria, (...)

15 - 12 - 2010
2 Alex policemen detained in Khaled Saeed case
Alexandria District Attorney Yasir Rafai has ordered that Mahmoud Salah Mahmoud and Awad Ismail Suliman, policemen from the Sidi Gabr Police Department, be detained for four days pending investigation into allegations that they had used excessive (...)

30 - 06 - 2010
Alex murder inquiry reveals contradictions
The district prosecutor of Alexandria's Sidi Gaber district has accused the family of Khaled Saeed, the 29-year-old man allegedly killed by police early this month, of paying off eyewitnesses to give false testimony that Saeed had been beaten to (...)

28 - 06 - 2010
Alex victim''s body to be exhumed for second autopsy
The Alexandria chief coroner on Wednesday ordered the body of Khaled Saeed--allegedly murdered by police in Alexandria last week--to be exhumed for a second autopsy. The body was transported to the morgue amid heavy security. The Cairo-based (...)

16 - 06 - 2010
Americans on trial for stealing Egyptian baby
Alexandria--Eight suspects, including three American citizens, are to be tried for attempting to smuggle a newborn into the United States using falsified birth information. The suspects were referred for trial by Attorney General Abdel Maguid (...)

17 - 02 - 2010
Alex apartment building collapses, killing three
Three people were killed and four others wounded Sunday when a two-story apartment building in Alexandria's Karmouz district abruptly collapsed. Preliminary investigations revealed that a demolition order had been issued for the building in 2006. (...)

07 - 02 - 2010
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