2 police charged in brutal killing of businessman despite official autopsies clearing them

Published November 17, 2014

CAIRO (AP) — The Egyptian prosecution says two plainclothes police officers have been charged with illegal arrest and brutality in the death of a businessman in Alexandria in a case that has drawn attention from human rights activists.

Khaled Said died June 6. Witnesses said the two officers dragged Said out of a cafe and beat him to death. However, two state autopsies determined that he died of suffocation from swallowing a packet of drugs.

The autopsy results were met with derision after photos of Said's body were circulated, showing him covered with bruises, his teeth broken and jaw smashed.

The Alexandria prosecutor's office said the two were charged and were under arrest. A human rights lawyer said each charge carries a maximum prison sentence of one year.

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