Hosni Mubarak on way to face trial, says Egyptian official

People assemble at trial venue in Cairo where ex-president faces charges of corruption and ordering the killing of protesters An Egyptian security official says former President Hosni Mubarak has left the hospital in a Red Sea resort and is on his way to trial in Cairo. The official says Mubarak has been taken from the hospital in Sharm el-Sheikh to the airport in the Red Sea resort, from where he is to be flown to the Egyptian capital for trial. The official spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorised to talk to the media. Outside the police academy in Cairo, where the trial is to take place, hundreds of police and army troops backed by armoured personnel carriers are keeping about 50 Mubarak supporters at bay. The ailing, 83-year-old former president has lived in Sharm since he was toppled in February and has been under arrest in a hospital there since April. Doctors say he suffers from heart problems. There had been scepticism up to the moment Mubarak left the hospital that he would actually appear for the opening of his trial in the capital. Hosni Mubarak Egypt Middle East Africa guardian.co.uk

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