Officials confirm Mubarak’s sons have been released from prison

{{CAIRO}} —{ The sons of deposed Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak were released from prison on Monday, prison officials said, a day after the violent anniversary of the 2011 uprising that toppled the autocrat.}

An Egyptian court last week ordered the release of Alaa and Gamal Mubarak pending their retrial in a corruption case.

Their release could further fuel tension in Egypt. At least 25 people were killed on Sunday in anti-government demonstrations, officials said. Witnesses say security forces and police fired at protestors.

Mr Mubarak is still in detention in a military hospital, but judicial sources said he could soon walk free as he currently had no convictions against him.

Many Egyptians view Mr Mubarak’s rule as a period of crony capitalism, which enriched an elite but neglected millions of poor.

Pro-democracy activists accuse President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi of returning Egypt to the kind of authoritarian rule that characterised Mr Mubarak’s three-decades in power, allegations the government denies.

{Reuters}