Mubarak in 'health crisis' after being found guilty
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June 3, 2012, Sunday
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DEPOSED Egyptian leader Hosni Mubarak suffered "a health crisis" yesterday upon arrival at prison after he was sentenced to life in prison over the killing of protesters in the uprising against him, state television reported.
"Mubarak was afflicted by a health crisis upon his arrival at Torah Prison and is being treated in the helicopter," the report said, quoting a medical source, referring to the helicopter that transferred him to the jail.
Earlier, Mubarak, 84, had been sentenced to life in prison yesterday for failing to stop the killing of protesters during the uprising that forced him from power. But the ousted president and his sons were acquitted of corruption charges in a mixed verdict that provoked a new wave of anger on Egypt's streets.
He cried in protest and resisted leaving the helicopter that took him after the sentencing from the Cairo courtroom to a prison hospital for the first time, according to security officials.
Since Mubarak was ordered detained last April, he has been held in military hospitals but never in a prison hospital.
In court, Mubarak, wearing dark glasses, had sat stony-faced while judge Ahmed Rifaat read out the verdict. His sons Gamal and Alaa did not react to any of the verdicts.
Mubarak was convicted of complicity in the killing of some 900 protesters during the uprising last year. He and his sons were cleared of corruption, along with a family friend.
Rifaat delivered a strongly worded statement before handing down the sentences. He described Mubarak's era as "30 years of darkness" and "a darkened nightmare."
Angered by the acquittals of the Mubarak sons and six top police officers, lawyers for the victims' families broke out chanting in the courtroom after Rifaat read the verdict.
"The people want to cleanse the judiciary," they chanted. Some raised banners that read: "God's verdict is execution."
Outside the courtroom on the outskirts of the capital, jubilation soon descended into tensions and scuffles, as thousands of riot police held the crowd.
Later, thousands of protesters gathered in Cairo's Tahrir Square and in Alexandria on Egypt's northern coast.
"Mubarak was afflicted by a health crisis upon his arrival at Torah Prison and is being treated in the helicopter," the report said, quoting a medical source, referring to the helicopter that transferred him to the jail.
Earlier, Mubarak, 84, had been sentenced to life in prison yesterday for failing to stop the killing of protesters during the uprising that forced him from power. But the ousted president and his sons were acquitted of corruption charges in a mixed verdict that provoked a new wave of anger on Egypt's streets.
He cried in protest and resisted leaving the helicopter that took him after the sentencing from the Cairo courtroom to a prison hospital for the first time, according to security officials.
Since Mubarak was ordered detained last April, he has been held in military hospitals but never in a prison hospital.
In court, Mubarak, wearing dark glasses, had sat stony-faced while judge Ahmed Rifaat read out the verdict. His sons Gamal and Alaa did not react to any of the verdicts.
Mubarak was convicted of complicity in the killing of some 900 protesters during the uprising last year. He and his sons were cleared of corruption, along with a family friend.
Rifaat delivered a strongly worded statement before handing down the sentences. He described Mubarak's era as "30 years of darkness" and "a darkened nightmare."
Angered by the acquittals of the Mubarak sons and six top police officers, lawyers for the victims' families broke out chanting in the courtroom after Rifaat read the verdict.
"The people want to cleanse the judiciary," they chanted. Some raised banners that read: "God's verdict is execution."
Outside the courtroom on the outskirts of the capital, jubilation soon descended into tensions and scuffles, as thousands of riot police held the crowd.
Later, thousands of protesters gathered in Cairo's Tahrir Square and in Alexandria on Egypt's northern coast.
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