Mubarak and sons to be tried in Cairo: report

Egypts ex-president Hosni Mubaraks murder trial on August 3 will take place in Cairo, the official news agency MENA said, a move likely to appease activists but creating a logistical nightmare. It has been decided that the trial of ex-president Hosni Mubarak and his two sons Alaa and Gamal will be held in the building of the General Authority for Investment and the free trade areas in the Cairo Expo grounds, MENA quoted a justice ministry official as saying. Mubarak, ousted in February by a popular revolt, has been under arrest in hospital in the Red Sea resort town of Sharm el-Sheikh, where he is being treated for a heart condition. His transfer to Cairo was a key demand of protesters whose relations with the ruling military and government have strained in the past weeks partly over accusations that they are delaying trials of former regime officials. Mubarak, 83, will stand trial with his two sons and his former interior minister Habib al-Adli, who are imprisoned in Cairo.

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