Publication Date:
Sat, 2011-09-24 22:20
The family of Khaled Said and witnesses accuse police of savagely beating him to death after an argument at an Alexandria Internet cafe last year. The police say he choked on a packet of drugs he swallowed as they approached.
A forensic report presented in court Saturday by an independent committee shows a packet of drugs was forced into his mouth.
Photographs of Said’s disfigured and bloodied face were posted on the Internet and became a rallying point for campaigners trying to bring attention to police brutality under Hosni Mubarak’s regime.
Activists used a Facebook page set up in his memory to call for the protests that forced Mubarak from power in February.
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