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New evidences in the 'Battle of the Camel' - source
Published in The Egyptian Gazette on 17 - 07 - 2011

CAIRO – A reliable security source has told Al-Youm Alsabie website that the case of the 'Battle of the Camel', which took place on February 2 in Tahrir Square, where protesters were killed, will unveil surprises and new evidences before the criminal court.
According to the source the attack on protesters cost LE6 million spent on thugs who carried out the operation and on the purchase of weapons.
Some 25 former members of the dissolved National Democratic Party have been detained on charges of masterminding and funding the attack. They planned to disperse the protesters even if this led to deadly clashes, according to the website on Sunday.
A judicial body, affiliated to Egypt's Ministry of Justice, which is investigating the violence of February 2 , has earlier revealed that the ex-speaker of Shura Council, Safwat el-Sherif, was the engineer of what has been termed the Battle of the Camel.
According to the body report, el-Sherif had organised marches and demonstrations in co-ordination with some members of the People's Assembly and the Shura Council, with the purposes of killing protesters in the Square.
The same report indicated that El-Sherif hired a number of thugs and outlaws to forcefully disperse the protesters, inciting his loyalists to rush into the Square in order to frighten away the protesters.
Some of the former parliamentarians rushed into the square on camel and horse backs themselves and started to hit the protesters, injuring hundreds of them, according to eyewitnesses in Tahrir.
According to Al-Youm Alsabie sources, the case will include some security figures, who turned to be involved in the battle. It has been reported that ex-prime minister Ahmed Shafiq and ex-interior minister Mahmoud Wagdi are also suspects in the same battle in their capacity as officials in office at the time.


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