BBC: Prosecutors at the trial of former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak have demanded he be given the death penalty.
Mr Mubarak is being tried in Cairo on charges of ordering the killing of protesters during unrest which led to his overthrow in February.
"The law foresees the death penalty for premeditated murder," prosecutor Mustafa Khater said, AFP reports.
The demand also applies for former Interior Minister Habib el-Adly and six other former security chiefs.
Mr Mubarak's two sons, one-time heir apparent Gamal and Alaa, face corruption charges in the same trial.
"How could the president of the republic not be aware of the demonstrations that broke out on January 25th?", chief prosecutor Mustafa Suleiman asked, according to AFP.
Mr Suleiman went on to argue that the then interior minister Habib el-Adly, who is also on trial, could "not have given the order to fire on demonstrators without having been instructed to do so by Mubarak." » | Thursday, January 05, 2012
