During this time he was allegedly severely maltreated and his arms and hands were slashed with knives.

Witnesses said some of the dead were killed with knives or blunt objects and that dozens of villagers were still missing.

Soon, they started clashing with protesters, throw stones at them and attacking them with knives. The thuggery took a totally different level, when the thugs started throwing tear gas at the protesters, and are now pelting them with Molotov cocktails some too close to the Egyptian National Museum, which houses the country's history.