Traffic, security return to Tahrir Square
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Traffic, security return to Tahrir Square
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Sat, 13/10/2012 - 13:49
Traffic in Tahrir Square is back to normal on Saturday after the previous day's clashes between opponents and supporters of Egyptian President Mohamed Morsy.
Members of the Muslim Brotherhood and secular-leaning groups held separate rallies in Tahrir Square Friday, later leading to clashes in which 110 people were injured, according to the Health Ministry. Two buses used by the Muslim Brotherhood to bring in supporters were also set alight.
This was the first time in which supporters and opponents of Morsy have clashed since he took office in June.
Eyewitnesses say that the flow of traffic is now normal at all of the square's entrances and exits.
State TV broadcast images showing scores of security forces entering the square
Workers have cleaned the square of all the stones, bottles and petrol bombs used in Friday’s clashes.
A handful of protesters, according to Al-Masry Al-Youm tried to set a tent in the roundabout in the middle of the square but security forces forced them to leave the square.
The protesters later went to stage a sit-in in front of the Cabinet building on Qasr al-Aini Street.
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We are scheduled to travel throughout your country in February and are concerned about tourist safety. It is hard to get information and wonder what security is like at the major tourist sites. Some of the television images of protest demonstrations are very frightening, but we suspect represent only a small number of Egyptians. We would love to travel to Egypt and hope that it will be possible. What are your observations about safety of foreigners, especially Americans? (We wish you all the best as you struggle to create a new government.)