Egypt sentences 6 inmates for beating jailed Frenchman to death

[WorldNews]

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Forty-nine-year-old Eric Lang, who taught French in Cairo, died after a beating in a cell on September 13, after spending six days in a Cairo police station. Lang had remained in detention although the prosecution had ordered his release a day after his arrest, family lawyer Raphael Kempf had said. Several of the defendants' lawyers had called into question the prosecution's case, arguing the autopsy showed he had been beaten for more than six hours with a rod, according to one of the lawyers, suggesting police involvement.

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