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Tuesday, 25 January 2011

Demonstrators, security forces clash in Mattariya


Tue, 25/01/2011 - 22:38

Protesters clashed with security forces in Cairo's northern Mattariya district on Tuesday after the latter attempted to impose a security cordon around angry demonstrators.

The "Day of Rage" demonstrations--organized by the 6 April reform movement, the Social Justice Party, the Nasserist Party and the Muslim Brotherhood--featured banners demanding the removal of Egypt's ruling regime and the dismissal of the interior minister.

Demonstrators also loudly condemned skyrocketing inflation and unemployment.

MP for Mattariya Mimi al-Omda reportedly joined security forces in preventing passers-by from watching or participating in the demonstrations.

“Their demands are illogical,” al-Omda said of the protestors. “Prices have actually gone down.”

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