A second autopsy on Khaled Said, the 28-year-old Egyptian, who witnesses say was beaten to death by police, has concluded that choked on a "foreign body" (a packet of cannabis that he attempted to swallow). The report says his injuries (gruesomely pictured here) were "light" and had been sustained when police officers attempted to "control" him as he resisted arrest.

Al-Masry al-Youm says:

According to witnesses interviewed earlier by al-Masry al-Youm, Said had been forcefully searched by two police officers before being removed from a local internet cafe in Alexandria. Witnesses say he was subsequently beaten to death on the sidewalk as passers-by looked on.

Initial reports said the officers had demanded money from the victim. Members of Said's family, for their part, say the young man had been targeted because he possessed video footage of police officers engaging in drug deals.

Posted by Brian Whitaker, 24 June 2010.