Court: Hamas, Hezbullah, al-Qaeda freed Morsy from prison
An Egyptian court has asked Interpol to arrest the leaders of Hamas, Hezbullah and al-Qaeda, which allegedly planned a prison break in which 11,000 Egyptian prisoners escaped during the early days of the uprising against former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak. Those who escaped included the leadership of the Muslim Brotherhood, including current Egyptian President Mohammed Morsy.
Essam El-Erian, Sobhi Saleh and Saad El-Katatni were among senior
Brotherhood leaders to escape alongside Morsi, who later became Egyptian
president, after unknown assailants stormed Wadi El-Natroun prison
during the uprising that toppled Hosni Mubarak in early 2011.
The court called on Interpol to arrest the leaders of Lebanese Shia
group Hezbollah, Palestinian group Hamas and Al-Qaeda in Sinai for their
alleged role in planning and executing the escape.
Thirty-four senior Brotherhood members – including Saad El-Katatni, the
leader of its political wing the Freedom and Justice Party – will also
be investigated for espionage.
Eleven thousand prisoners escaped and 13 died during the prison break.
At a press conference in Ismailiya shortly after the court hearing, the
FJP said the case was an attempt to "derail the revolution and serve
the counter-revolution."
The party will appeal the court ruling which it described as "absurd" and "highly politicised."
Videos of prisoners escaping from Egyptian prisons
During the course of the Egyptian rioting, thousands of prisoners - 'Palestinian' terrorists, political prisoners and common criminals - have escaped from Egyptian prisons, with the consent, if not the active participation of the Egyptian authorities. Here are some videos of those prisoners describing their experiences and of some of the escapes themselves.
The following video details how 27-year-old Palestinian Hassan Wshah, along with several other hundred inmates, escaped Abu Zabaal prison in Cairo during the demonstrations. Wassa was serving a 10-year prison sentence for attempting to cross into Egypt from Gaza in order to carry out terror attacks against Israel. Wassa explains that the escape was assisted by inmates' families and that he returned to Gaza through a smuggling tunnel at the Rafah border crossing.
The video below explains how Hamas commander Ayman Nofal returned to his home in central Gaza after serving three years in the Abu Zabaal prison. Nofal was arrested in 2008 for planning to carry out terror attacks in Egypt. Nofal made his way to the Strip via underground tunnels in Rafah.
The next video shows inmates making their way over Abu Zabaal prison walls and onto a central street.
The next video shows the remains of an Egyptian prison where looters broke-in, set the prison on fire and released thousands of prisoners.
This clip, titled "Prisoners escape with the help of Egyptian police," shows prisoners fleeing an unidentified Egyptian prison. A man wearing dark clothing runs from cell to cell yelling "Come on! Go home! Immediately! Go home!" As the cells are opened, the inmates steal necessities and continue outside.
Notice all the women and children in this video.
This clip shows inmates escaping from an unidentified prison while Egyptian authorities stand-by without interfering.
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