Verdict due in police killing of Egyptian #blogger
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A court was due to deliver its verdict Monday in the retrial of two policemen accused of killing a blogger, whose death was a rallying cry during #Egypt's 2011 uprising. Policemen Mahmoud Salah Mahmoud and Awad Ismail Suleiman are accused of torturing and killing #Khaled_Said in June 2010 after unlawfully arresting him from an Internet cafe in the Mediterranean city of Alexandria. An initial trial sentenced the defendants to seven years in jail in October 2011 after finding them guilty of unlawful arrest and excessive brutality. read more