Egyptian ‘eye-sniper’ arrested

Egypt's attorney general, Abdel-Meguid Mahmoud, issued an order to arrest police officer Mahmoud Sobhy Al-Shenawy, who was seen in a video aiming and shooting at protesters’ eyes and has been dubbed by local media as the ‘eye-sniper’. Al-Shenawy was investigated on Wednesday by the prosecutor over blinding protesters in Cairo’s Tahrir Square, along with charges of murder. The prosecutor has decided to rush the forensics report, and withhold the accused officer’s gun. The officer was featured in a video that was circulated by activists online, showing him with a rifle pointing at protesters’ eyes and shooting, while being praised by fellow policemen for “nailing a protester’s eye.” Al-Shenawy gave himself up to the interior minsitry earlier after a warrant for his arrest was issued. He hadearlier disappeared for days, leaving people to speculate if he had fled the country.