Egypt Orders Arrest of Policemen for Killing Detained Islamists

An Egyptian prosecutor on Tuesday ordered the arrest of four police officers accused of killing 38 members of the Muslim Brotherhood during their detention last August, security sources and state media said. The Islamists suffocated after teargas was fired into the back of a police van where they were being held. The Ministry of Interior said at the time the prisoners were trying to escape from the vehicle as it was transporting them to jail and that they had also taken a police officer ...

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