Egypt's Sisi apologises for police brutality

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi has apologised to the nation for human right abuses committed by the police.

"I apologise to every Egyptian citizen who has been subjected to any abuse. I am accountable for anything that happens to an Egyptian citizen," Sisi said on Sunday, a year after he took office.
But he presented no clear plan for addressing the problems.
The apology came after a police officer beat a lawyer with a shoe last week, an attack that sparked a general one-day strike by the country's lawyers.

Sisi assumed power after a military coup against the democratically elected president Mohamed Morsi. Morsi has since been jailed and was recently sentenced to death over a 2011 mass prison break.