Ahmad Lutfī, a 27-year-old man who had been accused of bombing the Church of the Two Saints, Saint Mark and Pope Peter in Alexandria, [Read background information,] was released from al-'Aqrab prison after being acquitted.

Lutfī’s sister relates that he was subjected to torture by the State Security Agency, where he was stripped naked, forced to stand on his feet for a long time without food, sleep or drink and administered electric shocks to sign a confession that he committed the crime that left dozens killed or wounded.

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