Gamal Eid: Egypt rights activist ‘attacked and doused in paint by armed men’

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) – A leading Egyptian human rights lawyer has alleged he was assaulted and doused in paint in Cairo by a “gang” of armed men he suspects were police officers.

Gamal Eid said he was attacked by up to a dozen men as he attempted to flag down a taxi near his home in the capital’s Maadi district on Sunday.

He said the men had been waiting for him in three cars parked on the corner.

The men beat him, threatened him with pistols and threw paint on his face and clothes, Mr Eid added.

When neighbours tried to intervene, the men drew weapons and told them to leave, according to the lawyer.