EMPOWERED: Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi introduced an anti-terrorism law that shielded the police and military from prosecution for the proportionate use of force in performing their duties . The Egyptian Presidency/Handout via REUTERS
Reuters: Egypt kills hundreds of suspected militants in disputed gun battles
Egyptian security forces have shot dead more than 460 men since the middle of 2015. The Interior Ministry said they were Islamist militants or criminals, and the shootings were in self-defence. Bereaved families, forensic experts and some officials disagree.
CAIRO – Mohamed Abu Amer, a landscape gardener, was working in downtown Cairo when national security agents took him away on Feb. 6, 2018, his family said.
For almost six months Amer’s family waited for news of the 37-year-old father of two. Their messages to the Public Prosecutor and the Interior Ministry, which oversees the police and the national security agency, went unanswered.
Then on July 31, the ministry announced on its Facebook page that Amer was among five terrorists killed in a shootout earlier that day when police approached their hideout 40 km north of Cairo. Amer was wanted for the murder of a national security agent, the statement said.
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WNU Editor: Egypt is a country that has been in turmoil for years. I am surprised by the government saying that 460 men have been killed since 2015. I expected the number to be far greater.
