CAIRO: Islam Abdel Hafeez Hamaza is the latest victim of Egyptian police brutality after he died early on Tuesday at a field hospital after being shot directly in the heart with live bullets in Tahrir Square. Hamza's age has not yet been confirmed, but he appears to be around 11-years-old. He is the youngest person to die yet in the violence. A 14-year-old boy was also killed by police on Qasr al-Aini street over the weekend. His last moments were captured on video, while doctors were trying to save his life but were unable to do so. Since Friday, the violence has left at least 14 people dead and over 700 injured after police used force and live ammunition against protesters. Activists say the death toll is likely higher. It is not clear why Hamza was present at the protests, but he was shot at and taken to the field hospital at the Omar Makram mosque, just off Cairo's iconic Tahrir Square. Human rights violations and the assaulting women and elderly people have marked the recent violent wave as the worst since the outbreak of the Egyptian revolution 11 month ago. Women and girls have beaten, stripped of their clothes, groped and threatened with rape. Elderly women were beaten and slapped and detained for hours inside the Egyptian cabinet building. The military seems to have escalated its violence, counting on Egyptians' support, yet those who woke to the the image of the “Tahrir Girl,” whose dress snapped open revealing her bra, while being dragged and beaten by soldiers, angered almost all Egyptians and has seen activists galvanized to push forward against the military rule of the country. Another video shows soldiers beating and slapping an elderly woman in the street when she returned to Tahrir square, despite her cries for mercy. Many other serious and criminal violations committed by the country's once beloved military is being documented and shared by activists on social networks such as Facebook or Twitter. BM ShortURL: http://goo.gl/k61Sy Tags: featured, Occupy Cabinet, Protests, SCAF, Tahrir, Violence Section: Egypt, Health, Latest News
