Protesters angered at the outcome of the trial against deposed Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak, his sons and high-level security officials clashed with police outside the building where the verdicts were read on Saturday, witnesses said.
Protesters threw rocks at riot police standing guard outside the building and the security forces gave chase, witnesses said.
Egypt’s prosecutor general ordered the transfer of deposed President Hosni Mubarak to prison on Saturday after he was sentenced to life in prison for complicity in the murder of protesters, state television reported.
It did not give further details. Mubarak has been in a military hospital since the start of the trial. There have been calls to transfer him to a prison with other defendants have been held, according to Reuters.
