(Ahlul Bayt News Agency) - Omar Suleiman, Egypt's former intelligence chief, was quoted as saying in his testimony published in Al-Akhbar daily on Thursday: "Mubarak had complete knowledge of every bullet fired at protesters, and the number of those killed or wounded."
Facing accusations of killings of anti-regime protesters and the abuse of power, Suleiman is reported to have told Egyptian prosecutors that he relayed to the president hourly updates on the police's fatal response to the nationwide protests.
Suleiman told the prosecutors: "The reports included all instances of firing live ammunition and rubber bullets at protesters in an attempt to abort the revolution."
Reports say that prosecutors partly relied on testimony provided by the former Egyptian spy chief to charge the 82-year-old Mubarak with premeditated murder.
According to an official investigation, over 840 people were killed during the revolution that began on January 25 and led to the eventual fall of Mubarak on February 11.
The testimony strikes at the heart of the ongoing investigations into crimes perpetrated by Mubarak himself and several elements of his regime, many of whom have been tried and convicted of corruption charges.
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