Clashes at Cairo court as Mubarak trial resumes

opponents clashed near the Cairo courtroom before his arrival on a stretcher.
The session started to hear witness testimony to try to determine who gave the orders for the killing of hundreds of protesters in the revolt that ousted the former autocratic leader in February.
The hearing itself was held off-camera un-like the first two sessions which saw Mubarak appearing in court bound to a stretcher and caged, in gripping images broadcast live on television.
Before he drew up under heavy security, demonstrators clashed near the courtroom.
“We have not abandoned you,” pro-Muba-rak protesters chanted, while their rivals, including family members of victims of the deadly uprising, shouted, “Punishment, punishment, they killed our children with bullets.”
Meanwhile, Egypt’s army yesterday announced that it will stop trying civilians in military courts when it scraps the country’s decades-old emergency law, a top general said yesterday, as activists tried to build momentum for a mass protest against military trials this weekend. – AFP-Reuters.

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