24名埃及警察遇害律師稱穆巴拉克可能獲釋

Militants have targeted and killed at least 24 policemen in Egypt's Sinai Peninsula, which has seen an increase in violence since the Egyptian military ousted Islamist Mohamed Morsi from the presidency last month.

The attackers ambushed buses carrying the policemen early Monday near the city of Rafah, along the border with the Gaza Strip.

Also Monday, a lawyer for former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak said his client will soon be released.

Fareed el-Deeb said an Egyptian court had cleared Mr. Mubarak of corruption charges, stemming from allegations he and his sons embezzled money for presidential palaces.

The claims could not be immediately confirmed by judicial officials. But the French news agency (AFP), quoting judicial sources, reported that Mr. Mubarak will remain in custody on charges in an additional case.

The 85-year-old Mubarak still faces a retrial on charges he failed to stop the killing of protesters during the popular revolt that swept him from power in 2011.

Word of the killing of the police officers and the possible release of Mr. Mubarak come one day after the interior ministry reported 36 members of the pro-Morsi Muslim Brotherhood were suffocated by tear gas during an attempted prison break in northern Cairo.埃及安全官員說，激進分子在西奈半島打死了至少24名警察。自埃及軍方上月罷免穆爾西總統以來，西奈半島的暴力事件不斷增多。

此次襲擊發生在星期一凌晨，激進分子在毗鄰加沙地帶邊境的拉法赫市附近伏擊了警察們乘坐的兩輛公交車。

另外前總統穆巴拉克的律師說，穆巴拉克很快就會獲釋。

埃爾迪波說，一家埃及法院已經判決對穆巴拉克的腐敗指控不成立。穆巴拉克及其兒子被控腐敗，因爲有人說，他們爲修建總統府而挪用公款。

穆巴拉克律師的說法無法得到埃及司法部門的證實，不過法新社援引司法界的消息來源說，穆巴拉克會因爲另一案件的指控而繼續被關押。

85歲的穆巴拉克仍然面臨在2011年的反政府抗議活動中未能阻止對抗議者的殺戮的指控，可能再次接受審判。那場運動推翻了穆巴拉克政府。

埃及內政部星期天還報道說，在開羅北部發生的一起未遂越獄事件中，36名支持穆爾西的穆斯林兄弟會成員被催淚瓦斯窒息而死。