- CAIRO: Egypt’s military prosecutor says it has launched an inquiry into a video showing a dozen policemen and military officers beating and administering electric shocks to two detainees while laughing and filming the torture on their cell phones.
The video circulating on social networking sites shows the two men being beaten repeatedly while they are questioned about the source of guns and rifles seized from them in the northern Nile Delta province of Dakahliya. When they refused to answer, the detainees are repeatedly given electric shocks on their ears and chins.
The scenes were a reminder of the practices of the much-hated police force under Hosni Mubarak’s rule. Hatred of police was one of motivating forces behind the popular uprising that ousted Mubarak.
