The Suez security chief will now interrogate a police officer after he has been charged with shooting and killing 21-year-old Mahmoud Gharib, adding that he will impose the proper punishment if the accused officer is proven guilty.
Suez prosecution chief Mohamed Ibrahim has permitted the burial of the deceased young man after a coroner's report was submitted to medical examiners. The prosecution has also ordered to hear the accounts of other officers and eyewitnesses.
Early Sunday, a number of citizens protested Gharib's death outside Suez Security Directorate. Some citizens smashed private cars on nearby streets. Military forces then moved to the incident’s scene.
Eyewitnesses said the accused officer was trying to intervene to end a gunfight in the street, and then exchanged fire with one of the protesting citizens. The eyewitnesses added that Gharib was killed in the crossfire.
Police officers brutality against civilians was a major factor behind the January uprising that brought down the government of former President Hosni Mubarak.
Translated from the Arabic Edition
