CAIRO: Lawyer Shehata Mohamed Shehata filed a lawsuit against ousted Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak accusing him of involvement in killing more than 7,000 Central Security soldiers in 1986. According to the lawsuit, the incident began when soldiers of Egypt's Central Security Forces (CSF) were informed that their conscription period was increased from three years to four and their salary would be decreased to cover Egypt's debts. In response, 8,000 CSF soldiers held a demonstration in the area near the Giza Pyramids on February 25, 1986. Mubarak ordered the Egyptian army to shell the demonstration with fighter jets after the army forces failed to control the situation. The army forces finally occupied the places where CSF soldiers had gathered and gained control of the situation after fierce clashes. When the army tried to take control of Tora Camp in Helwan, south of Cairo, CSF soldiers shot at them. Thus, military fighter jets began to shoot at the soldiers. Thousands of soldiers ran out of the camp and headed for nearby Tora Prison, where they released prisoners. At the same time the situation was becoming more complicated near the Pyramids area as well. Citizens in the area took the side of the CSF soldiers. They held demonstrations and destroyed hotels and nightclubs. The ruling class panicked and announced a curfew in Cairo. The number of dead CSF soldiers reached 7,000.
