Egypt says film-maker died in cell after drinking hand sanitiser

Shady Habash had been held in Cairo's Tora prison for more than two years without trial

Egypt's public prosecutor has said a young film-maker who died in prison had mistakenly drunk hand sanitiser in his cell, thinking it was water.

Shady Habash died inside Cairo's Tora prison complex on 2 May. He had been held for more than two years without trial, accused of membership of a terrorist group and spreading false news" after he produced a music video critical of Egypt's president Abdel Fatah al-Sisi.