Egyptian security forces charged over killing of Brotherhood member, protester

An Egyptian policeman was charged on Wednesday with murdering a suspected Muslim Brotherhood member and two members of the security forces were charged with concealing evidence in the death of a protester, judicial and security sources said. Judicial actions against members of the security forces are rare in Egypt, where the police have reasserted powers eroded during and after the 2011 popular uprising that ousted autocrat Hosni Mubarak. Critics say the police now act with impunity, an accusation the Interior Ministry denies. Judicial and security sources said a public prosecutor in Giza referred a police officer to court on a murder charge after he confessed to shooting dead a member of the outlawed Brotherhood last month in a hospital.

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