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Former President Hosni Mubarak
has been sentenced to life in
prison for ordering a crackdown
on those protesting his rule.
Almost 900 people were killed
when security forces attempted
to put down the uprising.
Former Egyptian President Hosni
Mubarak has been sentenced to
life in prison in connection with
the killings of about 850
protesters during an 18-day
uprising against his rule early
last year.
The court found Mubarak guilty
of abuse of office and that he
had ordered the killings, which
occurred during a crackdown on
dissent that came in the early
days of the uprising.
The 84-year-old former
president, who is in ill health,
had arrived at the court at the
police academy on the outskirts
of Cairo by helicopter. He was
wheeled into the courtroom on
a stretcher.
Mubarak was put on trial along
with his two sons, Alaa and
Gamal, as well as former Interior
Minister Habib al-Adli and
prominent businessman Hussein
Salem. Six senior police officers
were also on trial, including four
of Adli's former deputies.
Security has been tight
throughout the 10-month-long
trial. On Saturday, hundreds of
police officers in riot gear
surrounded the police academy.
Mubarak is the first-ever
former leader in the history of
Egypt to be put on trial.