Funeral of martyr Jicka postponed

The 6 April movement postponed the funeral of martyr Jaber Saleh, scheduled to take place after Dhuhr (noon) prayers on Monday, till after Asr (afternoon) prayers, sources at the square said. The sources said the body of Saleh, aka Jicka, is now on the way to Zeinhoum morgue from where it will be carried to Omar Makram Mosque to perform funeral prayers then it will be taken to Mohamed Mahmoud street as he wished before his death. Jicka, 17, received bullets in the head, chest and right arm during unrest at Mohamed Mahmoud Street on Tuesday. He has been considered clinically dead since then until he passed away yesterday. many satellite channels were present at the square to air the funeral. On Monday, protesters in Tahrir Square raised a platform in the name of Saleh where verses of the holy Quran are recited through loudspeakers in preparation for the funeral that will set off from Mohamed Mahmoud street as he wished before his death. On Sunday, April 6 movement pronounced the death of its member Jicka. More protesters have gathered in Tahrir Square to attend the funeral of an April 6 Movement member who succumbed to injures he sustained during clashes near the Interior Ministry headquarters. Protesters in Tahrir Square staged on Monday a stage in the name of martyr Jaber Saleh, aka Jicka. Verses of the holy Quran will be recited through loudspeakers during his funeral that will set off from Mohamed Mahmoud street as he wished before his death. A total of 329 rioters have been detained so far in the Mohamed Mahmoud and Qasr el-Aini streets incidents and all legal procedures have been taken against them, according to a security source in statements on Monday. The Prosecution ordered 90 defendants be detained, handed 74 minors to their parents and released 165 others, the source told MENA. A total of 199 policemen, including 32 officers, were injured in the incidents, the source said. The Free Egyptians Party stressed on Monday that it will take part in the million-man protest on Tuesday to protect the revolution and to topple the constitutional declaration issued on Thursday. In a press release, the party said it will continue sit-in with the other political powers in Tahrir until the declaration is revoked. Tuesday's protest will start with peaceful marches from Moustafa Mahmoud square, Fatah mosque at Ramses Square and Dawaran Shoubra and end up at Tahrir square, the center of last year's revolution that toppled former president Hosni Mubarak. The marches will be led by newly-formed National Salvation Front leaderships, including Mohamed Baradei, Ahmed Saeed, Amr Moussa, Hamdeen Sabahi, Mohamed Abul Ghar and Dr Amr Hamzawi.