Egyptian blogger Bassem Sabry dies

CAIRO - The Associated Press

Bassem Sabry, one of Egypt's most respected bloggers who campaigned for civil rights and against repression, has died. He was 32.
    
Sabry was a well-known columnist and fluent in several languages. Egyptian social media were flooded with eulogies by his friends since his death on Monday.
     
Security officials say Sabry accidently fell from a balcony under unclear circumstances. The officials spoke on condition of anonymity in line with regulations.
     
Mohamed ElBaradei, winner of the Nobel peace prize and a former presidential contender, tweeted that Sabry was a "noble person we lost at a time of dire need."
     
Writer Mohammed el-Dahshan mourned his friend in a post describing Sabry as "an extremely astute writer, a gifted analyst, an indefatigable storyteller, and even through the darkness, optimistic to a fault."