The investigations into the Maspero case accused three priests, Muslim Brotherhood members and four political movements of inciting and sparking riots, summoning witnesses for the prosecution for the second time. Suspects said that they had nothing to do with the protests in Maspero but that they were arrested because they were Christians. A member of the Salafī al-Nūr Party said that he was arrested inside his house 45 days after the incidents. [Hātim al-Jahmī, Al-Shurūq al-Jadīd, Dec. 28, p. 6] Read the original text in Arabic

A military court decided to adjourn the trial of three soldiers in the Maspero incidents to the January 8 session after the Military Prosecution pressed charges against them of involvement in manslaughter of four people. The court session on Dec. 27 was attended by four lawyers and the families of the number of dead or wounded people. The soldiers denied that they caused the death of any citizen, saying they (the soldiers) have been badly beaten and assaulted by protesters during the Maspero incidents and tried as much as they could to avoid clashes with the demonstrators. [Al-Akhbār, Dec. 28, p. 8] The article has no link online