Four supporters of former Salafi presidential candidate Hazem Salah Abu Ismail were accused by police of attacking the headquarters of the liberal Wafd Party, Al-Masry Al-Youm reported on Tuesday.
The paper quoted police sources as saying that the four suspects also managed to detain Kamal al-Daly, the head of Criminal Investigations Department in Giza, during the Saturday attack, which saw dozens of Abu Ismail's supporters, who call themselves "Hazemoun," attacking the building with birdshot and Molotov cocktails.
Daly allegedly told his aides that the four Abu Ismail supporters put a knife on his neck and told him to ask the police forces not to advance and chase them. Al-Masry Al-Youm tried to contact Daly to verify the story but could not reach him.
The four suspects were accused of attacking the Wafd Party's headquarters, attempting to murder eight people, including four policemen, and smashing 15 cars.
Abu Ismail himself has denied any links to the attacks against the Wafd Party's headquarters.
Edited translation from Al-Masry Al-Youm
