Hundreds of Egyptians attacked a courtroom in Cairo on Monday, scuffled with security guards, and blocked a major highway for hours after the court ordered the release of 10 policemen charged with killing protesters during the country’s uprising.
The unrest added to tensions already running high in Egypt over the ruling military council’s failure to hold accountable security forces involved in killing protesters during the uprising that toppled former President Hosni Mubarak.
Meanwhile, Helmi al-Gazar, a senior member of Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood, said the group expelled five members who launched a separate political party, the Egyptian Trend party. Among those expelled is Islam Lotfy, a member of a youth coalition that helped force Mubarak to step down in February after more than two weeks of mass protests.
