Rights groups say Egyptian prison guards are gunning down inmates

[cory777]

Source: LA Times

Reporting from Cairo —
Prison guards indiscriminately fired on inmates during the recent unrest in Egypt, sometimes gunning down men who were carrying the dead or even staging escapes that ended in new volleys of bullets, human rights groups and inmates charge. At least 200 prisoners were killed, the groups say.

As many as 168 inmates at Fayoum prison near Cairo were killed Jan. 30 after jailbreaks triggered by the street demonstrations that would depose Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, according to a lawsuit filed by the Egyptian Center for Development and Human Rights.

Amnesty International reported that inmates provided a list of 43 prisoners they say were killed by prison guards at Al Qatta al Gadeed, another prison near Cairo.

The lawsuit, filed with Egypt's prosecutor general, described prisoners' corpses riddled with gunshot wounds to the head and chest, and signs of torture such as fingernails pulled out. Amnesty International said some inmates were shot by guards firing from towers.


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[gateley]

1. I wonder where those prison guards are now? nt

[elleng]

2. BAD headline. Not 'are' gunning down; gunned down.

[boppers]

3. The families of the dead will applaud your English skills.

Well done.

[elleng]

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