Egypt are set to try cousin and aide of Muammar Gaddafi on
charges of attempted murder, despite mounting pressure from Libyan
authorities concerning his extradition, Egyptian state media reported on
Sunday.
Ahmed Gaddaf al-Dam has remained in Egypt since his arrest in March after a shoot with police in Cairo. A judge referred him “to the Cairo criminal court on charges of attempted murder and resisting authorities and unlicensed weapons possession,” the MENA news agency reported.
Tripoli had lodged an appeal earlier this month against an Egyptian court ruling blocking his extradition to Libya. The court ruled that Gaddaf al-Dam should be tried in Egypt.
On the day of his arrest, Gaddaf al-Dam and his bodyguards allegedly fired a hail of bullets at masked policemen who stormed his apartment in an upscale Cairo neighbourhood, a witness told AFP.
MENA reported a policeman was wounded in the exchange of fire.
The Libyan prosecutor’s spokesman, Taha Baara, had told AFP that Tripoli issued an international arrest warrant for Gaddaf al-Dam for “forging documents”.
Gaddaf al-Dam, who had an Egyptian residency permit, oversaw relations between Tripoli and Cairo but resigned from his post in February 2011 after the start of the revolt against Gaddafi.
Source - AFP
Ahmed Gaddaf al-Dam has remained in Egypt since his arrest in March after a shoot with police in Cairo. A judge referred him “to the Cairo criminal court on charges of attempted murder and resisting authorities and unlicensed weapons possession,” the MENA news agency reported.
Tripoli had lodged an appeal earlier this month against an Egyptian court ruling blocking his extradition to Libya. The court ruled that Gaddaf al-Dam should be tried in Egypt.
On the day of his arrest, Gaddaf al-Dam and his bodyguards allegedly fired a hail of bullets at masked policemen who stormed his apartment in an upscale Cairo neighbourhood, a witness told AFP.
MENA reported a policeman was wounded in the exchange of fire.
The Libyan prosecutor’s spokesman, Taha Baara, had told AFP that Tripoli issued an international arrest warrant for Gaddaf al-Dam for “forging documents”.
Gaddaf al-Dam, who had an Egyptian residency permit, oversaw relations between Tripoli and Cairo but resigned from his post in February 2011 after the start of the revolt against Gaddafi.
Source - AFP
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