Egyptian Ahmed Saber Saad died Tuesday in a Giza hospital. Saad was admitted to the hospital because of wounds he incurred during the police’s three day interrogation of him. After the police’s interrogation, the police dumped Saad off near the Pyramids.
An official at the scene reported that Saad was unconscious with wounds and bruises all over his body when some locals found him and took him to a hospital. (International Herald Tribune) Egypt’s prosecutor general has ordered an immediate investigation into interrogation of Saad.
For more information, please see:
International Herald Tribune- Officials: Egyptian feared tortured by police, found near Giza Pyramids, dies- 6 November 2007
New York Times (AP)- Egypt: Police Officers Guilty of Torture- 6 November 2007
