Egypt policemen get 10 years for killing of activist
CAIRO- An Egyptian court has sentenced two policemen to 10 years in prison each for the 2010 killing of a political activist in the port city of Alexandria.
Monday's verdict was the result of a retrial in the landmark case of the beating to death of 28-year-old Khaled Said.
His slaying was one of the sparks that ignited the January 2011 uprising that toppled Egypt's long-time autocratic ruler Hosni Mubarak. Photographs of the dead Said's severely beaten face were posted on the Internet and became a rallying cry against rampant police brutality under Mubarak. (AP)
