Cairo's security chief and the Egyptian central security commander were assaulted in Tahrir on Wednesday during their attempt to negotiate with protesters, Al-Jazeera reported.
Aswat Masriya was unable to confirm the news.
Clashes between protesters and police escalated on Tuesday evening in Tahrir and streets leading to it where police used gas bombs against protesters who responded by pelting stones and Molotov cocktails.
Copyright © 2012 Aswat Masriya. All rights reserved. Distributed by AllAfrica Global Media (allAfrica.com). To contact the copyright holder directly for corrections — or for permission to republish or make other authorized use of this material, click here.
AllAfrica aggregates and indexes content from over 130 African news organizations, plus more than 200 other sources, who are responsible for their own reporting and views. Articles and commentaries that identify allAfrica.com as the publisher are produced or commissioned by AllAfrica.
Comments Post a comment