Cairo .- The Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak and his two sons, Alaa and Gamal, were arrested today by police after the General Prosecutor ordered his detention for further investigations opened against them, according to security services. Mubarak is under arrest in the hospital in Sharm el-Sheikh in South Sinai Peninsula, where he was admitted Sunday after suffering a heart attack during a court interrogation.
In contrast, according to Egyptian public television, his two sons have been imprisoned in Tora prison on the outskirts of Cairo, where they held several representatives of the Mubarak regime. According to the online edition of independent daily Masrawy, Alaa and Gamal arrived in Cairo early today on a military plane that took off from the town of Sharm el Sheikh, where they were accompanying their father and the rest of the family .
Among inmates in the prison of Tora are former Egyptian Prime Minister Ahmed Nazif and former ministers of Interior Habib el Adli and Tourism Mohamed Zuhair Garana and former officials of the National Democratic Party (NDP) Mubarak. All are accused of corruption, embezzlement and illicit enrichment.
Tora prison is the most famous of Egypt because there were held the majority of political detainees during the regime of Mubarak. Some of them are still imprisoned, sharing cells with those responsible for the regime that imprisoned them. The arrest of Mubarak and his two sons for a fortnight, while conducting court proceedings, was announced earlier today by the Attorney General of Egypt in a statement released by the social network Facebook.
Mubarak is in the town of Sharm el-Sheikh on the Red Sea, since he relinquished power on 11 February, following a popular uprising that began on 25 January. Yesterday, Mubarak questioning took place in a hospital in Sharm el-Sheikh after suffering a heart attack exmandatario, while his two sons were questioned in a court of that resort.
In his first public message since he left power, released on Sunday, Mubarak denied having bank accounts abroad and criticized those who wanted to tarnish his "military and political history." Just after the broadcast of the speech was published an order of the Attorney General to question the president and his two sons for their alleged involvement in attacks on demonstrators during protests that erupted on Jan.
25, for abuse of power, and get commissions and profits. The imprisonment of Mubarak and representatives of his regime was one of the main demands of the groups that staged the Egyptian popular revolt, and demand was still pending in the political protests that have taken place since the end of the regime.
The main Egyptian opposition groups, including the Muslim Brotherhood, offered this afternoon a press conference that announced the suspension of political protests have been held since so far, according to the announcement. In fact, Tahrir Square, the epicenter of political demonstrations during the rebellion and the post, was this afternoon without the presence of groups that had there in recent days, and the last weekend clashed with the police that left one person dead and dozens injured. 
In contrast, according to Egyptian public television, his two sons have been imprisoned in Tora prison on the outskirts of Cairo, where they held several representatives of the Mubarak regime. According to the online edition of independent daily Masrawy, Alaa and Gamal arrived in Cairo early today on a military plane that took off from the town of Sharm el Sheikh, where they were accompanying their father and the rest of the family .
Among inmates in the prison of Tora are former Egyptian Prime Minister Ahmed Nazif and former ministers of Interior Habib el Adli and Tourism Mohamed Zuhair Garana and former officials of the National Democratic Party (NDP) Mubarak. All are accused of corruption, embezzlement and illicit enrichment.
Tora prison is the most famous of Egypt because there were held the majority of political detainees during the regime of Mubarak. Some of them are still imprisoned, sharing cells with those responsible for the regime that imprisoned them. The arrest of Mubarak and his two sons for a fortnight, while conducting court proceedings, was announced earlier today by the Attorney General of Egypt in a statement released by the social network Facebook.
Mubarak is in the town of Sharm el-Sheikh on the Red Sea, since he relinquished power on 11 February, following a popular uprising that began on 25 January. Yesterday, Mubarak questioning took place in a hospital in Sharm el-Sheikh after suffering a heart attack exmandatario, while his two sons were questioned in a court of that resort.
In his first public message since he left power, released on Sunday, Mubarak denied having bank accounts abroad and criticized those who wanted to tarnish his "military and political history." Just after the broadcast of the speech was published an order of the Attorney General to question the president and his two sons for their alleged involvement in attacks on demonstrators during protests that erupted on Jan.
25, for abuse of power, and get commissions and profits. The imprisonment of Mubarak and representatives of his regime was one of the main demands of the groups that staged the Egyptian popular revolt, and demand was still pending in the political protests that have taken place since the end of the regime.
The main Egyptian opposition groups, including the Muslim Brotherhood, offered this afternoon a press conference that announced the suspension of political protests have been held since so far, according to the announcement. In fact, Tahrir Square, the epicenter of political demonstrations during the rebellion and the post, was this afternoon without the presence of groups that had there in recent days, and the last weekend clashed with the police that left one person dead and dozens injured.
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