Mideast Egypt Mubarak Trial
FILE - This Aug. 3, 2011 file image taken from Egyptian State Television shows Hosni Mubarak, 83, lying on a hospital bed inside a cage of mesh and i...
FILE - This Aug. 3, 2011 file image taken from Egyptian State Television shows Hosni Mubarak, 83, lying on a hospital bed inside a cage of mesh and iron bars in a Cairo courtroom as his historic trial begins on charges of corruption and complicity in the killing of protesters during the uprising that ousted him. Relatives of protesters killed during Egypt's uprising scuffled with police and tried to force their way into a Cairo courtroom Monday, Sept. 5, 2011 demanding to be allowed to attend the latest session in the trial of ousted President Hosni Mubarak. Live TV broadcasts of the landmark trial have been halted by a judges' order, and family members massed outside the courtroom were angered they could not witness the prosecution of the former leader charged with complicity in their loved ones' deaths.(AP Photo/Egyptian State TV, File) EGYPT OUT
APTOPIX Mideast Egypt Mubarak Trial
Egyptian anti-Mubarak protesters clash with riot policemen outside police academy court in Cairo, Monday, Sept. 5, 2011. Mubarak, his two sons Alaa a...
Egyptian anti-Mubarak protesters clash with riot policemen outside police academy court in Cairo, Monday, Sept. 5, 2011. Mubarak, his two sons Alaa and Gamal, his security chief Habib el-Adly and six top police officers face their third session of trial, on charges they ordered the use of lethal force against protesters during Egypt's 18-day uprising, when some 850 protesters were killed. Poster at left showing one of the killed protesters. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil)
A prosecution witness has been detained on charges of perjury while he was testifying in the trial of ousted President Hosni Mubarak.
The dramatic move Wednesday came after Capt. Mohammed Abdel-Hakim, in charge of ammunition for a Cairo security regiment, denied he had any knowledge that police were armed or given orders to shoot protesters in the anti-Mubarak uprising.
Lawyers for the families of slain protesters accused him of changing his earlier statements to prosecutors, and the judge ordered him arrested. Abdel-Hakim had told investigators he issued hundreds of bullets to each of his soldiers.
Prosecutors say four earlier witnesses also changed their stories, though none has been charged.
Mubarak is on trial for complicity in protester deaths.
