CAIRO, March 11 (UPI) -- Four officials tied to the Interior Ministry in Egypt were arrested by prosecutors for allegedly killing protesters during the February protests, sources said.
Security forces told Egyptian newspaper Al-Masry Al-Youm that four former security officials were arrested Friday and charged with murder.
Human rights groups accuse former security leaders of ordering forces to use live ammunition against protesters complaining about social conditions and the rule of Hosni Mubarak, the former president who resigned in February.
At least 300 people were killed in Egyptian protests and thousands of others, including foreign journalists who bore the brunt of the violence at one point, were injured.
A government committee found that police affiliated with the regime of Mubarak fired on protesters from the tops of the American University of Cairo and the Interior Ministry building during the unrest.
Former Interior Minister Habib al-Adly was accused by authorities of ordering security forces to use live ammunition on the demonstrators in late January. Adly's lawyers said he issued orders based on false information from his deputies, arguing he wasn't responsible for the decision to fire on protesters.
