A video has gone viral showing the use of excessive force by a number of policemen at Dar El Salam Metro Station in Cairo. Shared initially on Facebook and then picked up by Egyptian media outlets, including Youm7 and El-Balad, the video appears to show a male being beaten by a policeman while being held by another as other policemen and civilians watch. In the video, a policeman is heard hurling insults at the helpless male while punching, slapping and kneeing him in the head and abdominal areas. At one point, one woman tries to intervene and the policeman responds “Enough! You daughter of a whore!” A third party, apparently a conscript, is then heard responding “Her mom is a whore, sir.” The unidentified policemen then twist the man’s arm before leading him out of the metro station as dozens of pedestrians watch the incident unfold. As the man is led up a staircase, the policeman continues to insult him and smack him on the head, shouting “You son of a bitch!” What led to the beating? According to a source in Egypt’s Ministry of Interior, an investigation was commenced…
