#Egypt overturns conviction of cop behind tear gas prison massacre
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An Egyptian appeals court on Saturday overturned the conviction of a policeman who was sentenced to 10 years in jail for the deaths of 37 prisoners from tear gas. It also overturned suspended one-year sentences handed to three other officers over the August deaths of the prisoners, who were alleged supporters of ousted Islamist president Mohammed Mursi. The 37 died after the tear gas was thrown inside their closed #police van when they were being transferred to Abu Zaabal prison near Cairo. read more