Saturday, November 26, 2011

Police Sniper in Egypt is accused of shooting suspects in the eye with rubber bullets.

Read the whole thing from CNN but this Police Sniper is going to wake up dead once they find out where he lives...I digress...here's a juicy bit.

El Shinawi has been on duty on Cairo's Mohamed Mahmoud street during the recent clashes and is a "highly trained marksman," 1st Lt. Alaa Mahmoud, an Interior Ministry spokesman, told CNN. The spokesman declined to comment on the specific accusations against El Shinawi.
One of the suspect's alleged victims is Ahmed Harrara. Harrara, who lost one eye on January 28 during the uprising against then-President Hosni Mubarak, lost his other eye last Sunday on Mahmoud Street.
Both he and at least one other victim, Malek Mustapha, said they were blindsided by their shootings -- and, therefore, could not pinpoint the shooter or shooters. Yet they were able to recall the circumstances.
Harrara told CNN that he'd arrived in Tahrir Square around 3 p.m. Saturday "and joined the front lines in (the) street battle."
"Around 3 a.m. I was shot in the eye with a rubber bullet from about a distance of 7 to 10 meters (23 to 33 feet)," he said.
He lost his second eye, then fell to the ground "during one of many tear gas attacks."
Not bad.

I'm not cheering this guys actions but to be taking 'eye' shots and hitting is pretty impressive.  I wonder what type weapon he's using.

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