DHAKA: Egypt’s state prosecutor referred on Tuesday a police officer to trial for allegedly shooting to death a leftist female protester during a peaceful rally in central Cairo.

The death of Shaima al-Sabbagh, which was partly recorded by a photographer, prompted president Abdel Fattah al-Sisi to publicly demand that the perpetrator be brought to justice.

She was shot dead as police dispersed a small march of leftists on the eve of the fourth anniversary of the January 25 uprising, reports The Straits Times.

The marchers had been carrying a wreath to a monument commemorating the deaths of protesters during the revolt that toppled president Hosni Mubarak.

BDST: 1922 HRS, MAR 17, 2015