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| Friday's protests and clashes at the Presidential Palace |
Dozens of the protesters gathered in Cairo’s Tahrir Square on Friday,
26April, have started their march to the Presidential Palace located in
Heliopolis. They were reportedly backed by the masked men known in Egypt as a
Black Bloc which opposes Egypt’s President Mohamed Morsy and the Islamist
rulers.
The protesters and masked men tried to attack the Presidential Palace
reportedly throwing the stones and Molotov cocktails and clashing with the
police forces deployed in the area. Police has fired the tear gas in order to
disperse the crowds and stop the violent clashes.
Protesters have also torched the police vehicle close to the Presidential Palace.
The clashes have left at least 16 people injured according to the Health
Ministry’s report.
Egypt’s police representatives have announced
later that 15 people associated with the attacks against Presidential Palace
this Friday have been arrested and the investigation is ongoing.
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