Morsi orders sex assaults probe

Egypt’s president has ordered his interior minister to investigate a rash of sex assaults during a just-completed Muslim holiday.

Morsi orders sex assaults probe
Tue, 30 Oct, 2012 - 19:12

Egypt’s president has ordered his interior minister to investigate a rash of sex assaults during a just-completed Muslim holiday.

Mohammed Morsi acted after his government reported 735 police complaints about sexual harassment over the four-day Eid al-Adha holiday, which ended yesterday.

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