A planned protest in front of Cairo University on Wednesday was aborted after security cordoned off the facilities and arrested eight people while high-ranking officials and more than ten police trucks waited around.
The eight people included six activists, an Al-Masry Al-Youm reporter and a British reporter. The reporters and a female activist were released after officers took their information. The remaining five people were driven away.
Islam, an activist, told Al-Masry Al-Youm that the protest was cancelled due to the heavy security presence.
The protests are part of nationwide demonstrations that started yesterday demanding political and economic reforms.
