Rep. El Gohary requests pardon for officers convicted of involuntary manslaughter

House Rep. Salama El Gohary is planning to submit a proposal for parliament to request presidential pardon for nine police officers convicted of involuntary manslaughter, according to Al Mal. El Gohary argues that the situation, in which the officers killed four civilians during a shootout in Tanta, was beyond their control. The Court of Cassation, Egypt’s highest court, upheld last week the seven-year prison sentences handed down to the officers in the case, denying them the right to further appeals.