The Egyptian Court of Cassation rejected on Wednesday a prosecution's appeal to the Criminal Court's verdict that acquitted all ex-regime figures who were accused of orchestrating the "Battle of the Camel".

During the 18-day uprising that toppled former President Hosni Mubarak, on February 2 men on camels and horses stormed Tahrir Square. They attacked anti-Mubarak protesters who were holding a sit-in there until his removal, the first incident of its kind.

It became commonly known in the media as the "Battle of the Camel".