This article is from the source 'washpo' and was first published or seen on . It last changed over 40 days ago and won't be checked again for changes.
You can find the current article at its original source at https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/middle_east/outrage-in-egypt-after-police-officer-kills-street-vendor/2016/04/19/268c982e-0625-11e6-bfed-ef65dff5970d_story.html
The article has changed 3 times. There is an RSS feed of changes available.
| Version 0 | Version 1 |
|---|---|
| Outrage in Egypt after police officer kills street vendor | Outrage in Egypt after police officer kills street vendor |
| (about 4 hours later) | |
| CAIRO — Hundreds of Cairo residents protested on Tuesday after an Egyptian police officer shot dead a street vendor and injured two others, state media said, in what was the latest in a series of incidents that have triggered public outrage over police behaivior. | |
| Brig. Gen. Hesham Amer, police chief of the New Cairo district, said three policemen argued with a street vendor over the price of a cup of tea, then one of them shot three people in the eastern Cairo suburb of Rehab. | |
| The official news agency, MENA, quoted unnamed security source saying that the interior minister, Gen. Magdy Abdel-Ghaffar, referred the police officer to the prosecutor’s office. It said that the wounded were taken to hospital. | |
| Photos and video clips circulated on social networking sites showed crowds smashing a police car and ambulance as they blocked a road while chanting, “the police are thugs.” The body of the dead vendor was seen lying in the street. Police sealed the area and deployed riot squads to disperse the crowd. | |
| More violence broke out when police and an ambulance tried to take away the body of the deceased vendor, state-run newspaper Al-Ahram reported on its website. The crowd was later dispersed, it said. | |
| Human rights groups say that a culture of impunity among the Egyptian security forces has led to widespread police brutality. Trials are rare and when they do occur, sentences are usually appealed and subsequently reduced. | |
| Earlier this month, a policeman was sentenced to life in prison after he was found guilty of killing a 24-year-old taxi driver in February. | |
| Allegations of abuse by police were among the main causes that triggered the 2011 upraising that toppled Hosni Mubarak. | |
| Meanwhile, an Italian security delegation arrived in Cairo Tuesday to discuss the latest development of an Italian student who was found dead by a roadside in Cairo last month with signs of torture, security sources in Cairo international airport said. They spoke in condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to talk with reporters. | |
| The arrival came after Italy said on Tuesday that it was prepared to take “immediate and proportional measures” against Egypt if it failed to provide all the information it has bout the torture and death of Giulio Regeni. Italy recalled its ambassador from Egypt for consultations after Italian prosecutors expressed disappointment over Egyptian cooperation. | |
| Italy has demanded those responsible be brought to justice. Egypt has dismissed suggestions its security services could have been involved. | |
| Copyright 2016 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. | Copyright 2016 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. |