By Aswat Masriya Luxor’s prosecutor referred four police officers and five low ranking policemen to the criminal court on Thursday for their involvement in the case of torturing and killing a citizen inside Luxor police station last month. The case dates back to November 24 when Talaat Shabib, 47, was arrested at a cafe at 11 pm in the district of al-Amawya on suspicion of possessing Tramadol, a pain killer used ubiquitously as a recreational drug in Egypt. Hours later, his family received information that Shabib died on his way to Luxor International Hospital, triggering protests in front of the police station against what they believe was the killing and torture of Shabib by police. The forensics report revealed that the deceased suffered a blow on his neck and back which resulted in breaking the spinal cord and led to his death. Shabib’s death had sparked public outrage in the Upper Egypt province of Luxor, and has attracted the attention of media nationwide. The case is reminiscent of Khalid Saeed’s, the 28-year-old who was tortured to death on June 6, 2010 at Seedi Gaber police station in Alexandria and whose badly disfigured…
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