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Two anti-Mubarak protesters killed near Tahrir Square

November 30, 2014
Demonstrators on the front line before dispersal

By Aswat Masriya, Edited by Egyptian Streets Two protesters have been killed, and nine others were injured Saturday evening in clashes with police forces in Abdel Moniem Riad square in downtown Cairo, Hossam Abdel Ghaffar, media consultant for the minister of health said. Those injured have been transported to nearby hospitals while the bodies of those killed have been transported to morgues for an autopsy to be performed. Nearly a thousand people rallied near Tahrir square in protest over a court ruling dropping charges against the toppled President Hosny Mubarak over complicity in the killing of protesters during the January 2011 uprising. Police forces arrested 85 protesters in the vicinity of Abdel Moniem Riad square, Cairo Security Chief Ali al-Demerdash said, adding that one female protester was among those arrested. Demerdash added to Aswat Masriya that all protesters were treated according to the law by being warned first, followed by teargas firing, then dispersing them. Security forces were reported to fire teargas at a group of protesters at Abdel Moniem Riad square in downtown Cairo. An eye-witness told Aswat Masriya that security forces used water cannons, tear gas and birdshot to…


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