CAIRO (Reuters) - Egyptian opposition groups clashed with security forces on Sunday after rights groups accused undercover officers of beating to death an activist who had attempted to expose police corruption.
Police have denied any role in the death of Khaled Mohammed Said, 28, who the Interior Ministry said on Saturday died from an overdose of drugs he swallowed before police approached him.
Some 200 protestors chanting anti-government slogans, were quickly surrounded in Lazougli Square near the Interior Ministry in downtown Cairo, a Reuters witness said.
"Khaled was murdered and Adly is responsible," protestors chanted, calling for Egyptian Interior Minister Habib el-Adly to be held accountable for Said's death.
The violence began when demonstrators tried to break through a police cordon. A security official said 32 protestors were detained.
"We are here protesting the loss of the martyr of the emergency law", said Ahmad Raghab, head of the Hisham Mubarak Law Center, referring to an Egyptian law that allows indefinite detention and curbs anti-government political activity.
