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Inquiry: Mubarak Regime Behind Nearly 900 Killings of Egyptian Protesters

HeadlineMar 14, 2013

An Egyptian government inquiry has found the regime of ousted President Hosni Mubarak was behind nearly all of the roughly 900 killings of protesters during the country’s uprising. According to the Associated Press, a fact-finding commission has confirmed Mubarak’s regime used rooftop snipers to fire into large crowds around Cairo’s Tahrir Square. The report cites internal government records of assault rifles and ammunition rounds showing that police shootings were widespread. The report concludes the shootings could only have been approved by Mubarak’s former interior minister, Habib el-Adly, with Mubarak’s blessing. The findings come ahead of a retrial for Mubarak and el-Adly on charges of failing to stop the killings after they successfully appealed their convictions last June.

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