Egypt to try 48 for killing journalists, 2 others

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President of Egypt, Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi
Egypt on Saturday referred to trial 48 suspects accused of shooting dead a journalist, a boy and a Christian woman during clashes last year between Islamist protesters and police.
Mayada Ashraf, who worked for privately owned Al-Dustour newspaper, was shot in the head while she was covering clashes in Cairo’s northern Ein Shams neighbourhood on March 28 last year.
A Coptic Christian woman and a 13 year-old boy were also killed in the unrest.
The state prosecutor ordered the trial of 48 people in connection with the deaths of Ashraf and the two other civilians.
A statement said they were …Read More

Source:: PM Newspaper