The leftist Popular Alliance party says that police shot its member Shaimaa el-Sabagh with birdshot Saturday evening as the group peacefully marched toward Tahrir Square to lay a commemorative wreath of roses on the eve of the 4th anniversary of Egypt’s 2011 uprising.(…)
The death comes during a sweeping government crackdown on all forms of dissent; authorities have criminalized all demonstrations that haven’t received prior government approval.