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Trial of fallen Mubarak grips Egyptians

By REUTERS

AUGUST 3, 2011 14:39

CAIRO/SHARM EL-SHEIKH, Egypt - Egyptians were enthralled on Wednesday by the unprecedented sight of ousted president Hosni Mubarak, a leader of the Arab world for three decades and now the Arab Spring's biggest scalp, being wheeled into a courtroom cage for his trial.

Outside the courtroom they watched on a big screen as the frail octogenarian, who ruled Egypt for 30 years, lay on a hospital bed connected to a drip denying involvement in the killing of protesters who ousted him.

"I don't believe this ... to see a president being tried ... I never imagined it. I am so happy, I feel tomorrow will be better and that the next president knows what could happen to him if he goes against his people," Ahmed Amer,30, an employee in a water service company, said outside the court complex.

Egyptians crowded into cafes, kiosks, anywhere with a television to follow the trial.

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