The White has said it will hold a cabinet-level meeting to discuss the possibility of cutting some US aid to Egypt, after the recent crackdown on the Muslim Brotherhood. The spiritual leader of the Brotherhood remains in police custody in Cairo.
An Egyptian journalist working for a state-run newspaper was shot dead by soldiers at a military checkpoint near Cairo earlier today, security officials told Reuters.
The unnamed officials said Tamer Abdel-Raouf from the Al-Ahram newspaper and a colleague were on the road after finishing a late-night interview with the recently appointed governor of Beheira Province.
The pair were stopped at a checkpoint and asked to show their ID and press cards when the incident occurred.
The soldiers reportedly told them they had broken a military-imposed night-time curfew after which the pair drove off "without permission".
A soldier from the checkpoint then opened fire, killing Abdel-Raouf. His colleague was injured when the car hit a tree, the officials added.
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