Egypt: EOHR Demands the Prompt Arrest and the Urgent Trial of the Perpetrators of Al-Salhya Incident.

press release

The Organization expresses its grave concern regarding the operation of targeting military patrols, within the framework of the organized violence that has swept the country after the 30th of June Revolution. As, a military patrol in Al-Salhya City was exposed to gunshot resulting in the death of a Police Lt., Mohamed Abd Al-Karim Ahmed by gunfire, and the injury of a Police Captain, Khaled Mohamed Zaki, a police assistant called Atta Abdou and a police recruit called Abu Al-Naga Fathi; they were transferred to Al-Kasasen Military Hospital.

According to preliminary information, anonymous people riding a black car in possession of machine guns have shot at a military vehicle during their way from a military camp in the old city of Al-Salhya heading to Al-kasasen near the new city of Al-Salhya, then they have run away.

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