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| The killing of Shaimaa al-Sabbagh, a peaceful protester whose body was riddled with shotgun pellets on Saturday in Cairo, was condemned in an unusually frank editorial published Monday on the front page of Al Ahram, the flagship state newspaper in Egypt, and signed by its chairman, Ahmed Sayed el-Naggar. | The killing of Shaimaa al-Sabbagh, a peaceful protester whose body was riddled with shotgun pellets on Saturday in Cairo, was condemned in an unusually frank editorial published Monday on the front page of Al Ahram, the flagship state newspaper in Egypt, and signed by its chairman, Ahmed Sayed el-Naggar. |
| Ms. Sabbagh was shot in front of witnesses and the cameras of several journalists when police officers suddenly fired at marchers carrying flowers to Tahrir Square to mark the fourth anniversary of Egypt’s Arab Spring uprising. Images of the attack on the protest, and of Ms. Sabbagh’s colleagues trying to evade arrest to save her, reverberated online, transforming the 32-year-old mother’s death into a new symbol of police impunity. | Ms. Sabbagh was shot in front of witnesses and the cameras of several journalists when police officers suddenly fired at marchers carrying flowers to Tahrir Square to mark the fourth anniversary of Egypt’s Arab Spring uprising. Images of the attack on the protest, and of Ms. Sabbagh’s colleagues trying to evade arrest to save her, reverberated online, transforming the 32-year-old mother’s death into a new symbol of police impunity. |
| She was mourned by hundreds of protesters at her funeral in Alexandria, her home city, on Sunday, four years to the day after Egyptians took to the streets in 2011 — Police Day in Egypt — to voice their anger at the brutality of the security forces. | She was mourned by hundreds of protesters at her funeral in Alexandria, her home city, on Sunday, four years to the day after Egyptians took to the streets in 2011 — Police Day in Egypt — to voice their anger at the brutality of the security forces. |
| Egyptian social networks filled with tributes to Ms. Sabbagh, including video of her joyously singing during the 2011 uprising. | |
| Although the police initially denied responsibility, and suggested that an unseen Islamist gunman might have fired the birdshot, the Ahram chairman, Mr. Naggar, wrote that the news footage and accounts of witnesses “clearly indicate the killer, the misuse of power and a failure to implement the law,” according to a partial translation of the Ahram editorial from The Guardian. | Although the police initially denied responsibility, and suggested that an unseen Islamist gunman might have fired the birdshot, the Ahram chairman, Mr. Naggar, wrote that the news footage and accounts of witnesses “clearly indicate the killer, the misuse of power and a failure to implement the law,” according to a partial translation of the Ahram editorial from The Guardian. |
| The burden of ensuring that justice is served by prosecuting Ms. Sabbagh’s killer, Mr. Naggar added, “rests on the shoulders” of President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi, who was elected to protect Egyptians “from the abuse of power.” | The burden of ensuring that justice is served by prosecuting Ms. Sabbagh’s killer, Mr. Naggar added, “rests on the shoulders” of President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi, who was elected to protect Egyptians “from the abuse of power.” |
| Sarah Carr, a British-Egyptian journalist in Cairo, drew attention on Monday to video of the episode from a local news site that appeared to show shots being fired in Ms. Sabbagh’s direction as uniformed and plainclothes police officers charged at the demonstrators and she collapsed to the pavement. | Sarah Carr, a British-Egyptian journalist in Cairo, drew attention on Monday to video of the episode from a local news site that appeared to show shots being fired in Ms. Sabbagh’s direction as uniformed and plainclothes police officers charged at the demonstrators and she collapsed to the pavement. |