Officer shot by militants in Northeastern Egypt ; Morsi calls for revolution
Militants shoot dead officer in northeastern Egypt
Egyptian policemen patrol a village. (file photo)
Sun Feb 23, 2014 12:43AM GMT
Militants
have killed an officer from the Egyptian national security agency in
the northeast of the country, the latest in a series of attacks against
police and other forces.
The gunmen shot dead Lieutenant Colonel Mohamed Eid in the town of
Zagazig in the eastern part of the Nile delta on Saturday, officials
said.
Eid was shot while he was getting out of his car after travelling to
his home in the town and later died of his injuries at a hospital.
Eid was said to be in charge of “extremist groups' file” and had
helped draft a report against some leaders and members of the Muslim
Brotherhood, state news media said.
Egypt's Morsi urges 'revolution' as officer killed
By Tony Gamal-Gabriel
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Cairo (AFP) - Egypt's
deposed president Mohamed Morsi Saturday urged supporters from a
courtroom dock to press their "revolution", as a protest movement
demanding his reinstatement shrinks in the face of a crackdown.
The defiant
call came during Morsi's trial on charges related to jailbreaks and
attacks on police, as a separate court acquitted six police officers of
killing protesters during the 2011 uprising against his predecessor
Hosni Mubarak.
Meanwhile,
gunmen killed a senior national security officer who was involved in
drafting a report against leaders of Morsi's Muslim Brotherhood.
The
Brotherhood still stages diminishing weekly protests despite the fierce
crackdown that has killed more than 1,400 people since the military
overthrew Morsi in July, after just one year in office.
"The
revolution of the people won't stop -- continue your peaceful
revolution," said Morsi during the second hearing of the trial, one of
three under way for the Islamist leader.
Speaking from inside a glass cage, Morsi also insisted he remains the president of Egypt.
A man holds a poster behind barbed wire as riot policemen stand guard in Cairo on February 16, 2014 …
"I am present here by force," he said.
Morsi
also blamed Field Marshal Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, the army chief who led
his overthrow and who is expected to contest and win a presidential
election this spring, for the bloodshed across Egypt.
"The
head of the coup, the defence minister, has killed more than 3,000
people in the streets. He is the one who killed them and it was not
investigated, but he will be held accountable," said Morsi.
Defence lawyer Kamal Mandour demanded Sisi be investigated for "toppling the regime" of Morsi and for detaining him.
By Tony Gamal-Gabriel
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