The North Cairo Criminal Court on Tuesday decided to adjourn the trial of two defendants accused of stealing a weapon belonging to the Armed Forces during the Maspero violence to 4 November due to the absence of witnesses.
Maikel Adel Naguib and Maikel Mossad Shaker are accused of stealing an automatic weapon from an armored vehicle belonging to the army during the Maspero clashes that took place in October of last year.
The session was held in the deliberation room, but the first witness, a taxi driver, did not appear. The previous session of the trial was postponed for the same reason. The next session would be on 4 November to hear the testimonies of the witnesses.
On 9 October 2011, 28 people were killed when military and security forces violently dispersed a peaceful, Coptic-led march outside the state television building.
Widely circulated video clips showed armored vehicles running over protesters, but army officials said the killings occurred by mistake and accused protesters of assaulting the Armed Forces and "infiltrators" of stealing the vehicles that were seen mowing down demonstrators.
Edited translation from Al-Masry Al-Youm
