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- Good evening, President Sadat’s funeral will take place next Saturday. A moment ago, the state of emergency was decreed in Egypt, for a whole year.

- A new president will be nominated within 60 days after the presidential elections.

- For the time being, Mr. Abou Taleb will deputize.

- Mr. Mubarak, who remains Vice President, was nominated as the Head of the Armed Forces. So here are the first measures that were taken tonight in Egypt,

- after the murder of President Sadat. As you may know if you followed Channel 2,

- the Egyptian president died this afternoon, he was the victim of an attack committed by Egyptian militaries that participated to the parade

- that was organized this morning to celebrate the anniversary of the war against Israel. Now the facts, Paul Nahon.

- Yes, it was noon in Cairo, in a district of Cairo, in the presidential platform, the whole Egyptian military hierarchy,

- and for the first time the presence of Israel Ambassador in Egypt. It is exactly when jeeps passed in front of the presidential platform

- that some soldiers who sat at the back opened fire on President Anwar El Sadat.

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- Straight away, as the planes were still flying over the platform, bodyguards laid over the President of the Egyptian Republic,

- but it was too late according to some witnesses, his face was already covered with blood along with his chest.

- A few second later, Anwar El Sadat was transported by helicopter to a hospital of the city.

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- You have just seen those images, Vice President of the Republic Mr. Mubarak, General Mubarak,

- who was caught by the security services and pushed to the back of the platform.

- During this extremely deadly attack, the Head of State lost his life, the Egyptian Chief of Staff as well, along with other personalities who were attending this parade.

- Thank you Paul. As I said in the beginning, elections will be held in 60 days and many people think that President Sadat’s successor

- will be the one you were talking about, today’s Vice President Hosni Mubarak. He was slightly wounded in this morning attack,

- he made a speech tonight in Cairo, he declared that President Sadat was a martyr who fell in combat. We listen to him.

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- So, we listen to General Mubarak

- Great Egyptian people, people of the Arab Nation, we have been used to seeing all along history heroes fall on the battle field.

- Those heroes fall and leave a mark in history by their actions. We have also been used to cure our wounds, our pains

- and to get ready for a long wait believing in God’s will and power,

- and to follow our walk firmly and perseveringly. People of Egypt, I declare in the name of the deceased and in the name of the people and their constitutional institutions

- along with their armed forces, that we will respect all the international tools and treaties signed by Egypt.