“sniper of the eyes” surrenders

Click HERE to see the disturbingly boyish face of the accused “eye sniper” from the recent unrest. There seems to be video footage of his boasting of aiming at people’s eyes, and hitting them. The number of eye injuries in the recent protests were far beyond all possibility of coincidence, in any case. These incidents led to blinding rather than death because he was using rubber bullets in most cases rather than metal ones.

In other news, Islamist parties seem to be heading to crushing wins in the first 9 governorates to have voted, including the urban areas where liberals should have been strongest. What this means for Egypt, it’s too early to know.