Mubarak, sons to be tried for killings, corruption
Deposed Egyptian leader Hosni Mubarak and his two sons were on Tuesday referred to a criminal court on suspicion of graft and ordering deadly fire against anti-government protesters, state media reported.
The official MENA news agency said the 83-year-old former strongman and his two sons Alaa and Gamal have been charged with “premeditated murder of some participants in the peaceful protests of the January 25 revolution”.
“The public prosecutor Abdel Maguid Mahmud has decided today to refer former president Hosni Mubarak and his two sons Alaa and Gamal and businessman Hussein Salem to a criminal court,” the news agency reported.