And Meanwhile in Maadi !!

And meanwhile in Maadi at Algiers square a police office shot down a microbus driver after a verbal tirade over traffic priority. According to eye witnesses the driver told the officer at the end that he should remember how the people forced the made the cops stay at their homes for 3 days.
     We made you stay at your homes for 3 days.
Next thing the police officer pulled his gun and shot the driver 3 times , the driver was killed as simple as that. The people attacked the police officer and burned his police car. The army came and saved officer who was transferred in to hospital. People have been protesting since then , it is a bit chaotic. There is a news that the people are attacking the police station there. 
The police car on Fire "Tarek Amr"
There is a video filmed from the scene itself , you can watch after the break. It is not graphic but it is full of insults.




I do not know if that the police officer or the driver but I think based on what I know it could be the police officer because he was saved from the angry people by the army while he was on its top. The people seemed to be hostile to that person in this video.
The police officer is alive unlike what was claimed earlier. It turned out that his name is Salah Ashraf El-Saginy and he is the son of infamous officer "Ashraf El-Saginy" who is known for his torture and human rights abuse record during the time of Hassan Al Alfy and Habib Al Adly. "You know what is said about the apple and the tree after all !!"
The friends and family of the late driver said that they will head to Tahrir square
The last thing I got from twitter friends in Maadi that the youth are calling for a sit in at the Algiers square.The police officers have left their positions again and the Youth are currently organizing the traffic. There are protests currently , big protests in front of El-Saginy's house and as well the Sakr Qoraish police station.
Nothing justify this murder , it is a murder by all measure. I will not listen to any justification for any kind because a person was killed. The police force need rehabilitation with courses in anger management. We are waiting for the reaction of the minister of interior on this murder.
I think the police is not ready yet to face the public because honestly they have not admitted a crime that they deserved to stand for in front of a military trial. We will not forgive or forget that easily and we will not buy the cheap talk of the police martyrs “some of them actually were actually killed by their bothers in arm like late General Batran” , we will not buy the cheap talk of good cop and bad cop , we will not buy
We want a full complete confession of being responsible for those 500 Egyptians killed “according to and those thousands injured. We want a full complete confession that what happened from leaving positions for days even at our borders in Sinai was a crime.
The people of Maadi have suffered a lot during the revolution of #Jan25 not less 20 were killed in one street aside from the injured when people tried to protest near the house of Ismail El-Shaer , the former head of Cairo security directorate.El-Shaer is currently house arrest by the way. Anyhow I remember calling my relatives in Maadi who described a catastrophic scene especially in the populated areas. They were among the first people on ground who confirmed to me on January 28th and January 29th the use of live ammunition.
This was a huge battle we should not forget and the people already in Maadi have forgotten yet and this is why they are extremely angry now.
Update : 

  • It seems that Maadi will spend the night without police force. 
  • According to We are All Khaled Said group both the officer and driver are alive. 
  • The officer's rank is major. 
  • The MOI has suspended that officer from work till the end of investigation. 
  • Hundreds were protesting at Algiers square tonight chanting against state security and police.