Egyptian security forces have beaten to death a father of three detainees as the army-installed interim government continues its brutal crackdown on dissents.
The incident took place in the canal city of Suez when Sabry Mohamed reportedly got into an argument with the security forces tasked with detaining his three sons on suspicion of involvement in anti-government protests.
The old man had been trying to persuade the security forces not to detain his sons because of mere suspicion when he was fatally hit by the officers.
In recent weeks, many people have been put on trial in what has been described as show trials of opponents of the military-backed interim government.
Egypt is set to hold the largest trial in its history by prosecuting more than 1,200 supporters of ousted President Mohamed Morsi.
According to a report released by the Associated Press earlier this month, Egypt’s military-backed government has jailed nearly 16,000 people since Morsi’s removal in July 2013.
Among those who have been put behind bars are about 3,000 members of the Muslim Brotherhood, which has been leading pro-Morsi protests.
According to judicial sources, the defendants are charged with assaulting security forces and vandalizing public property during the violence that erupted after a bloody crackdown on Morsi’s supporters in Cairo last August.
On August 14, 2013, hundreds of people were reportedly killed and thousands of others wounded in the clashes that erupted when security forces moved in to disperse Morsi’s supporters from two protest camps – one near the Rabaah al-Adawiya Mosque in Cairo’s Nasr City and a smaller one in Nahda Square in Giza.
The bloodshed sparked international condemnation and prompted world bodies to call for an independent investigation into the violence.
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