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June 29, 2011

Egypt: Hundreds Injured In Clashes Between Protesters And Security Forces 
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In Egypt, nearly 600 people have been reported injured in Cairo's Tahrir
Square after security forces attacked a large group of protesters
overnight. Democracy Now's Sharif Abdel Kouddous reports from Cairo.

Sharif Abdel Kouddous: "The clashes last night between thousands of
protesters and government security forces marked some of the fiercest
street battles in Egypt since the fall of [president] Hosni Mubarak.
Central security forces lobbed numerous tear gas canisters at thousands
of protesters gathered in Tahrir Square. Rubber bullets were fired as
well. Hundreds of people have been injured. These clashes are still
ongoing right now, as I speak. People rushed to Tahrir in solidarity.
This all began when police reportedly attacked, beat up and arrested
family members of those killed in the revolution who have been
protesting what they see as any lack of justice or accountability for
the nearly 1,000 people killed in the revolution."



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