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| Clashes between demonstrators and police in the Sinai, many wounded |
| 2011-02-11 |
| [Ennahar] A shootout occurred Friday in Al-Arish in the Sinai between demonstrators and Egyptian police, injuring several people according to witnesses, along with protests against geriatric President Hosni Mubarak in the country. A thousand protesters threw Molotov cocktails at a cop shoppe and set fire to vehicles, witnesses said. Several people were maimed, according to these same sources, but no conclusions could be drawn immediately. The festivities occurred when at least one million people flooded into the streets across the country on Friday demanding theresignation of the president. The anti-government protests were triggered on January 25 and made at least 300 deaths. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #2 The army seems to be loved by the people. The police, not so much. Will they even be showing up for work? I wonder if the police put on plain clothes and attacked them when it got so bad. There sure weren't a lot of them to be found it seemed. |
| Posted by: gorb 2011-02-11 17:37 |
| #1 Fred you have become an artist in er, ah "presenting" the news. |
| Posted by: JohnQC 2011-02-11 14:18 |