The policeman dubbed 'The Eye Hunter' who is suspected of targeting demonstrators by shooting them in the eyes
Face of Egypt's Eye Hunter: Protesters produce 'Wanted' posters after policeman 'deliberately blinds people with rubber bullets'
Pictured clutching a pump-action shotgun in a crowd of protesters, this is the boyish face of the man accused of being 'The Eye Hunter'.
Wanted posters showing First Lieutenant Mahmoud Sobhi El Shinawi have gone up all round the capital Cairo after he was blamed for a series of horrific attacks in which a policeman tried to blind people.
The Egyptian officer was captured on video allegedly being congratulated by a colleague after shooting at least five demonstrators in the face during a riot.
Suspect: Posters like the one above have gone up all round Cairo. The Cairo Ministry of the Interior have since said the suspect will soon be questioned
Victim of The Eye Hunter: Egyptian police officer, First Lieutenant Mahmoud Sobhi El Shinawi, is suspected of targeting protesters by shooting them in the eye - leaving them blinded (Egyptian protester pictured)
He has been ordered by Egypt’s general prosecutor to submit to questioning over the suspected shootings.
A spokesperson for the country’s general prosecutor told CNN: ‘The Ministry of Interior is preoccupied by the latest events, but he will come in for questioning soon.’
And protesters, who call El Shinawi 'The Eye Hunter' want justice too and have sprayed graffiti spelling ‘wanted’ over images of his face, name and rank on Tahrir Square walls in Cairo.
Protesters have also been handing out fliers in the square identifying him and offering a reward of 5,000 Egyptian pounds (£53) for information leading to El Shinawi.
El Shinawi is said to be a ‘highly trained marksman’, CNN was told by an Interior Ministry spokesman.
One victim, Ahmed Harrara, was blinded by being shot in both eyes in separate attacks 10 months apart.
He was first shot on January 28 and then once again in his other eye last Sunday with a rubber bullet.
At least five injured: An Egyptian protester wounded in the eye is rushed to a field hospital in central Cairo - at least four others have been shot in the eye during protests
Tear gas: An Egyptian protester sprays water on the eyes of a fellow demonstrator after tear gas was fired by security forces firing tear gas in Tahrir Square in Cairo
The bullet is still lodged in his eye socket, but told the broadcaster: ‘My spirits are high, and I should be travelling to Switzerland within the next 10 days for tests and operations.’
Their hunt for The Eye Hunter was put on hold today though as violence returned to Tahrir Square during Egypt’s latest protests, which has left one man dead.
Protesters demanding an end to army rule clashed with police firing tear gas near Egypt's parliament building today in a flare-up that cast another shadow over a parliamentary election billed as the nation's first free vote in decades.
Protesters said one man, Ahmed Sayed, 21, died after being hit by a state security vehicle.
His death was the first since a truce between police and demonstrators on Thursday calmed violence that had killed 41 people in Cairo and elsewhere.
Violence returns: Protesters demanding an end to army rule clashed with police firing tear gas near Egypt's parliament building, leaving demonstrators injured
Mass demonstration: Hundreds of demonstrators camped overnight in Cairo's Tahrir Square ahead of the election on Monday
Egypt's Interior Ministry said the vehicle had hit him by accident.
Hundreds of demonstrators camped overnight in Cairo's Tahrir Square ahead of the election, due to start on Monday in Cairo, Alexandria and some other areas.
The clash occurred after one group marched to parliament to protest against the army's appointment of 78-year-old Kamal Ganzouri, a premier under Hosni Mubarak, as new prime minister.
'Down, down with the marshal,' a group chanted in the square, near tents set up on grassy patches.
They were referring to Field Marshal Mohamed Hussein Tantawi, who heads the ruling army council and was Mubarak's defence minister for 20 years.
The military council said yesterday that each stage of voting would be held over two days instead of one to give everyone the chance to vote.
By JESSICA SATHERLEY
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