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Reuters) - Egypt’s former leader Hosni Mubarak could soon be freed from jail, giving a new jolt to a nation in turmoil, after a court ruled on Monday that he could no longer be held in custody on a corruption charge.
His lawyer said he could be bailed within days, six weeks after the armed forces Mubarak once commanded deposed his elected Islamist successor to spark the bloodiest internal conflict in the modern history of the most populous Arab state.
The army detained President Mohamed Mursi on July 3 after huge protests against him. It has since cracked down on his Muslim Brotherhood. Among hundreds of casualties, dozens of security personnel have died, including 25 policemen killed by suspected Islamists near the border with Israel on Monday.
At 85, Mubarak may have no political future but his release could stir emotions and raise new questions on whether the popular uprising that ended his 30-year rule in February 2011 is leading back simply to a new form of military-backed government.
State television showed the 25 coffins of the slain policemen, draped in Egyptian flags, arrive by plane in Cairo.
“Those Brotherhood terrorists have to be killed now by the hands of decent citizens,” said Ayman Mohamed, who was introduced as a cousin of one of the dead, his words underscoring the gaping chasm growing in Egyptian society.
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