Sunday, April 24, 2011

Egypt prosecutors extend Mubarak detention

The probe into the role Hosni Mubarak, Egypt's deposed president, played in the deaths of protesters is prolonged.


Egypt's state prosecutor has renewed the detention of ousted leader Hosni Mubarak for another 15 days amid a probe into a deadly crackdown on protesters and corruption.

"The state prosecutor Abdel Maguid Mahmud decided to renew the detention of ex-president Hosni Mubarak for 15 days for questioning... effective when his last detention period expires," the MENA news agency reported on Friday.

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