Minya Criminal Court sentenced a low-ranking police officer Omar Ahmed, 28, to one year of labor in prison on Thursday after he was convicted of attempted murder.
Ahmed was convicted of shooting Taher Mohamed Rabei, 25, a farmer in Minya Governorate on 16 July 2011 during a dispute over who would have his hair cut first in a barber shop. The police officer shot the victim in the right foot, the chest and the head.
The court, headed by Judge Abdel Azizi Farouk, senior judges Medhat Mahmoud and Mohamed Zakaria, prosecutor Mustafa Murad, and secretary Essam Tantawy, decided to seize the arms and ammunition used by the suspect and to make him pay lawyer fees.
An official at Minya Security Department said that the police officer has been absent from work since 15 March 2012.
He added the authorities will intensify efforts to arrest Ahmed and implement the court ruling in the case.
Translated from Al-Masry Al-Youm
