Egypt Clashes: Violence Breaks Out Between Police, Protesters For 3rd Day In Tahrir Square
CAIRO ? Egypt's Health Ministry says 20 people have been killed since Sunday in clashes between police and protesters demanding the country's military rulers quickly transfer power to a civilian government.
The ministry also said Monday some 1,750 people have been wounded in the clashes since they began Saturday. The ministry did not specify whether the dead and wounded were protesters, or whether the figures included policemen and army soldiers.
The military has floated a timetable that places the transfer of power late in 2012 or early 2013, but the protesters want it to announce a precise date. A growing number, however, wants the military to immediately step down in favor of an interim civilian council.
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CAIRO (AP) ? Police are clashing for a third day in Cairo's central Tahrir Square with stone-throwing protesters demanding the country's military rulers quickly transfer power to a civilian government.
About 3,000 protesters are on the square, facing off with hundreds of black-clad riot police firing tear gas and rubber bullets.
Monday's clashes are also taking place near the Interior Ministry, which is close to Tahrir Square ? the epicenter of the uprising that toppled President Hosni Mubarak in February.
The protests have spread across much of Egypt. At least 13 protesters have been killed since Saturday, all but one are in Cairo. Hundreds have been wounded.
The military has floated a timetable that places the transfer of power sometime late in 2012 or early 2013.
This is a developing story. Follow below for the latest updates:| @ PaulaSlier_RT : Protesters telling me they feeling betrayed by the army- army using excessive force |
| @ AlArabiya_Eng : The Egyptian government is currently holding an emergency meeting: Al Arabiya correspondent #alarabiya #tahrirneeds #nov20 #egypt #cairo |
Twenty people have died and at least 1,700 have been injured during two days of confrontations between protesters and security forces in Cairo, CNN's This Just In blog reported.
Doctors at Cairo's Tahrir Square said injuries include gunshot wounds, excessive tear gas inhalations and beatings to the head.
"I have received many people suffering of convulsions," said Tarek Salama a medic in a makeshift hospital in Tahrir Square. "Lots of gunshot wounds from rubber and bird shots. And I have seen two cases who have been hit with actual live bullets."
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| @ AlArabiya_Eng : A huge number of wounded people have been moved to a field hospital in Cairo #alarabiya #tahrirneeds #nov20 #egypt #cairo #alex #tahrir |
| @ PaulaSlier_RT : Tear gas burning my eyes- we have gone into a building to take shelter so we can water our eyes |
| @ ianinegypt : Police look like they are going to go down a side alley to out flank protesters. #tahrir #egypt |
| @ AlArabiya_Eng : Cairo protesters throw Molotov cocktails on the security forces: Al Arabiya correspondent #alarabiya #tahrirneeds #nov20 #egypt #cairo |
| @ Repent11 : More than 11 canisters of tear gas in less than 3 minutes. White cloud of tear gas smoke hovering over center Tahrir Square. #Egypt |
Police and protesters clashed in Cairo's Tahrir Square today, Al Arabiya reported. Live footage aired on state TV reportedly showed the police using tear gas against the demonstrators, who responded by tossing stones.
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| @ Repent11 : Egyptian cabinet about to announce a statement after more than 48 hours of nonstop clashes between protesters and Egyptian police/army. |
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Footage from the now-evacuated Tahrir field hospital, from Abanoub Emad of al-Masry al-Youm:
The improvised hospital in Tahrir Square is reportedly being evacuated.
| @ Sandmonkey : The #tahrirhospital just got evacuated. Teargas lelrokab. Everything is being moved to omar makram. Scene horrific. |
| @ Egyptocracy : A rush of ambulances in and out of Mohamed Mahmoud now. And lots of injured being carried out. #Tahrir |
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The situation in some parts of Cairo seems to turn increasingly grim. Tweets warn of people firing from buildings, of tear gas and machetes.
| @ acarvin : #Feb2 all over again. RT @msheshtawy: Thugs are attacking us now in bab el louq #Tahrir threw moltov at us, it burnt him instead |
Europe urged Egypt's rulers to halt violence against protesters, Reuters reports.
Europe's foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton said she was "extremely concerned" about the events in Cairo this weekend.
"I urge calm and restraint and condemn the use of violence in the strongest terms," she reportedly said. "There is no doubt that the transitional process is a difficult and challenging one."
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At least 11 people have been killed on Cairo's Tahrir Square today, AFP reports. An AFP correspondent says at least four of them have been shot dead.
In a statement, Egypt's military denied earlier today it used live ammunition to disperse the protesters.
| @ hadeelalsh : Tear gas enters the field hospital top of #Tahrir. Ppl run out choking.#egypt |
Several political parties and candidates have suspended their electoral campaigns, The Guardian writes.
From The Guardian:Critics say the elections will be meaningless if they are not accompanied by the retreat of Scaf and a return to civilian rule. So far the generals have refused to set a date for presidential elections, and say they will continue ruling until after a new constitution is created.
Egypt had planned parliamentary elections on November 28, eight days from today.
The newspaper Al Masry Al Youm uploaded this video of security forces ruthlessly beating protesters, dragging them by their hair.
WARNING: Disturbing Footage
Several reports indicate there is fighting going on in Egypt's coastal city of Alexandria. The fighting seems to be concentrated around the Smouha police station. Al Jazeera's Rawya Rageh tweets it's a fog of tear gas.
| @ adamakary : Heard gun shots by the police headquarters, didn't before.. #Alexandria #Egypt |
| @ jonjensen : Protesters on Yousef Guidi lobbing Molotovs at army APC, military responding with gunshots. Crowd chanting "Down with the Field Marshall." |
According to the Egyptian newspaper Al Masry Al Youm, Egyptian state TV said 6 protesters were killed and more than 1300 injured in the past 24 hours.
State media also said the SCAF ordered the cabinet to investigate the crisis in Tahrir Square, and the circumstances leading up to it.
Egyptian protesters douse fire at Cairo's Tahrir Square during clashes with security forces on November 20, 2011. (Getty):
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See more stunning photos from Tahrir Square today here.
Kristen Chick, Cairo correspondent for The Christian Science Monitor, reports seeing more wounded:
| @ kristenchick : #tahrir field hospital is insane. Dozens of wounded, more pouring in, three lines of 'security' outside to keep ppl out bc so crowded |
Source: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/11/21/clashes-in-cairo-egypt-tahrir-square_n_1104673.html
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