Egypt orders arrest of 12 police officers for murder

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http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/middle-east/Egypt-orders-arrest-of-12-police-officers-for-murder/articleshow/9164521.cms

CAIRO: The prosecutor in Egypt's second city Alexandria ordered the arrest of 12 police officers accused of torturing to death a suspect in a deadly New Year's church attack, a judicial official said.

Adel Emara ordered the arrest of the officers, who allegedly killed Sayed Belal, a Salafi (Muslim fundamentalist), who was arrested a week after a bombing attack that killed more than 20 people.

Belal's bruised body was handed to his family the day after he was arrested, rights groups said at the time.

The attack, which took place three weeks before the outbreak of a popular uprising that ousted president Hosni Mubarak, was blamed on the Palestinian Army of Islam, which has links to al-Qaeda.