Egyptian Women Dies in Police Raid
The death of a pregnant woman in Egypt during a police raid on her home in a town south of Cairo has caused a backlash in Egypt with crowds attacking police, using clubs and stones. According to the BBC, the woman was pushed down by police when she did not allow them to enter her home during a search for her brother, a suspected thief. The woman Mervet Abdul Salam Abdul Fattah, 32, was in the last stages of pregnancy and died of internal bleeding. Some reports say she was struck with a butt of a rifle after she blocked police from entering her home. Residents of the her hometown, Samalout, rioted after hearing of the incident. They threw stones at police officers, beat them with clubs and set fire to a police truck. Human rights groups say that police brutality is not uncommon in Egypt. While authorities recognize isolated incidents, they deny that the problem is widespread and claim that all cases are prosecuted to the full extent of the law.
Ahmad Aljoaan
