Calm prevails in Tahrir Square after night of clashes

Tue, 20/11/2012 - 11:33
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Riot forces stand guard before barbed wire in Mohamed Mahmoud street, after bloody clashes erupted between them and protesters last night were suspended, near Tahrir Square, Cairo, 20 November 2012. Hundreds of protesters were marking the first anniversary of Mohamed Mahmoud clashes, which left dozens of martyrs, and hundreds of injuries, and bloody clashes erupted between protesters and riot forces in the street, leads to Interior Ministry headquarters, when protesters tried to scale the barrier, and began to destroy it, but riot forces threw stones at protesters, and fired tear gas and rubber bullets, then protesters throwing them with Molotov, which left dozens of injuries.

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Riot forces stand guard before barbed wire in Mohamed Mahmoud street, after bloody clashes erupted between them and protesters last night were suspended, near Tahrir Square, Cairo, 20 November 2012. Hundreds of protesters were marking the first anniversary of Mohamed Mahmoud clashes, which left dozens of martyrs, and hundreds of injuries, and bloody clashes erupted between protesters and riot forces in the street, leads to Interior Ministry headquarters, when protesters tried to scale the barrier, and began to destroy it, but riot forces threw stones at protesters, and fired tear gas and rubber bullets, then protesters throwing them with Molotov, which left dozens of injuries.

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