Days after Egyptian presidential candidate was arrested, deputy is attacked in the street
A senior Egyptian opposition figure has been attacked and injured in a Cairo street, in the latest of what appears to be a coordinated campaign against those trying to oppose President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi in this year’s presidential elections.
Hisham Genena had been working with Sami Anan, a former general running for president against Mr Sisi, until Mr Anan was arrested at gunpoint by the Egyptian intelligence services on Tuesday.
On Saturday morning, Mr Genena was heading to court to protest his sacking as Egypt’s top corruption official when he was set upon by a group of men.
“One car stopped in front and four thugs came out from the second with sticks and knifes. They beat him ruthlessly,” Hazem Hosny, a senior official in the Anan campaign.
Mr Hozny accused the Egyptian government of being behind the attack.
Telegraph
