A Public Prosecution investigation has revealed that former Interior Minister Habib al-Adly placed five snipers at the window of his office in the interior ministry, and that some of them shot at people who were demonstrating around the building on 28 January.
Sources said that former State Security Investigation Bureau Director Hassan Abdel Rahman asked to testify again before the prosecution. He said that he told al-Adly on that day that there were millions demonstrating in the streets.
He added that al-Adly made a phone call to someone he addressed as “Boss” and relayed to him the news.
Abdel Rahman went on to say that al-Adly then said, “Ok Boss,” and hung up. Then he called his assistants Ismail al-Shaer and Ahmed Ramzy on the radio and ordered them to use all available weapons to disperse the demonstrators.
Al-Shaer later confirmed this information in his testimony before the prosecution, while Ramzy said al-Adly clearly told him to shoot the demonstrators with live bullets. He also said al-Addly ordered Abdel Rahman to place 20 snipers on the rooftops of the ministry, the American University and other adjacent buildings to shoot any demonstrator coming near the ministry.
For his part, al-Adly said that he used to make telephone calls to the president and many other state officials, and that “Boss” did not necessarily mean he was talking to Mubarak.
The sources also said that 15 police officers were referred to criminal courts on charges of killing the demonstrators.
Translated from the Arabic Edition
