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Cairo court acquits Gaddafi cousin
09 Dec 2013 at 08:35hrs | Views
Cairo - A Cairo court Monday acquitted a cousin and former aide of slain Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi of the attempted murder of two Egyptian police, judicial sources said.
Ahmed Gaddafi al-Dam was detained in Cairo in March following a gunfight with Egyptian policemen in his apartment and was held despite Libyan demands for his extradition.
On Monday, the Cairo court also acquitted Gaddafi al-Dam of possessing unlicensed weapons and resisting arrest, sources said, but they did not elaborate about his current status.
Gaddafi al-Dam had denied the charges against him.
On the day of his arrest, Gaddafi al-Dam and his bodyguards allegedly fired a hail of bullets at masked policemen who stormed his apartment in an upscale Cairo neighbourhood, witnesses had said.
Gaddafi 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.
Ahmed Gaddafi al-Dam was detained in Cairo in March following a gunfight with Egyptian policemen in his apartment and was held despite Libyan demands for his extradition.
On Monday, the Cairo court also acquitted Gaddafi al-Dam of possessing unlicensed weapons and resisting arrest, sources said, but they did not elaborate about his current status.
On the day of his arrest, Gaddafi al-Dam and his bodyguards allegedly fired a hail of bullets at masked policemen who stormed his apartment in an upscale Cairo neighbourhood, witnesses had said.
Gaddafi 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
