An Egyptian committee set up to investigate violence during demonstrations that toppled Hosni Mubarak has laid charges against the former president for the murder of protesters, a state newspaper said. The committee had also accused the former interior minister of ordering police to open fire at demonstrators, Al Ahram newspaper said on Wednesday.
The Public Prosecutor later referred Habib al-Adli and four other high-ranking officers for trial on charges of killing protesters, disrupting stability and of spreading "chaos in the country" that harmed Egypt's economy, a statement said.