Friday, January 28, 2011

 
Shot in the head: The moment Egyptian police gunned down an unarmed protester for throwing a rock

UK Daily Mail
A protester tumbles to the ground as he is gunned down by police demonstrates the brutal reaction of the Egyptian regime as it tries to contain the unrest that is spreading across the country.

Mohamed Atef, 22, died instantly from a shot to the head as he demonstrated in the town of Sheikh Zoweid in northern Sinai. His friends rushed to his side and took him to get medical help but it was too late.

The shooting came as police fought protesters in Suez and Ismailia, two cities straddling the Suez Canal that separates Sinai from the rest of Egypt.

Today thousands of anti-government protesters clashed with police in Cairo, who fired rubber bullets into the crowds and used tear gas and water cannons to disperse them.

It was a major escalation in what was already the biggest challenge to President Hosni Mubarak's 30 year-rule...

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