E/CN.4/1996/35/Add.1 page 40 with a stick and a lash, stripped of his clothes and suspended between two chairs with his hands and legs tied. His interrogators also allegedly applied electric shocks to his ears and to other sensitive parts of his body. A medical examination revealed swelling, abrasions, a fracture of the left forearm and bruises on the knees due to hitting and friction with solid objects. 196. Imam Mohamed Imam was reportedly beaten and stripped of his clothes in front of his family and neighbours at his home on 29 June 1994 by a squad from the Zawya El Hamra Investigations Unit, following a dispute he had with a policeman’s family. At the police station he was allegedly beaten again under the supervision of an officer of the Unit. A medical report revealed fractures of his right foot and left leg and bruising to various parts of his body. 197. Ahmed Ismail Ahmed was reportedly summoned to the second Zagazig police station on 14 November 1993 and beaten severely for the purpose of forcing him to confess to a charge of theft. The prosecution investigations record revealed injuries to his right arm, left forearm, left hand, right shoulder and forehead. 198. Medhat Ali Zahra, who had been residing abroad, was reportedly taken to Matrouh deportation station on 28 August 1993 after informing the police that he had lost his identity documents. When he began to have an attack of epilepsy, he was allegedly beaten and slapped in the face. He was transferred to the Khalifa deportation station and allegedly beaten with a lash and handcuffs by an officer and police informants. 199. Abdel Latif Mohamed Basha was reportedly arrested on 2 October 1993 by an investigation force from First Mahala El Kobra police station. At the station he was allegedly beaten on the back and his arms were bent back, resulting in bruises and abrasions on his back. 200. Mohamed Farouk Ali Nafal and his father, arrested on 5 October 1993 at their home, were allegedly beaten with a stick on the chest and shoulders by a police captain and an assistant at the Mahala El Kobra police station. They were reportedly threatened with further torture if they reported the incident to the prosecution. Mohamed Farouk Ali Nafal retained scars on his neck and ear, nail scratches, abrasions on his chest and left shoulder and a large bruise on his right shoulder. 201. Azza Ismail Monzie, arrested at her home by a force from the Ein Shams police station, was taken to the Cairo Security Directorate, where an Investigations Section officer, who had been convicted previously in connection with an incident of torture and had been the subject of numerous subsequent complaints, allegedly pulled her veil and face cover, beat her several times, and subjected her to insults. She was also allegedly forced to put her fingerprint to papers, the contents of which she was ignorant. 202. The following 51 persons, including 16 women and 11 children, were reportedly arrested in the village of El-Zayeda, Osseem, Giza, on 5 December 1993, following the murder of 3 persons: Hadiya Mohamed al-Said Abd al-Dayem, Sharbat Othman al-Zeidi, Amal Ibrahim al-Hendawi, Hanem Abdel