Violent clashes mark anniversary of Egypt uprising
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2014-02-11
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Security forces lob teargas and fired in the air to try to prevent demonstrators opposed to the government from reaching Tahrir Square, the symbolic heart of the 2011 uprising that toppled Hosni Mubarak
Tear gas again clouded the streets of Cairo on Saturday as security forces clashed with secular activists opposed to both the military-backed government and the ousted Islamist President Mohammed Morsi.
The clashes came on the third anniversary of the country's 2011 uprising and overthrow of long-time autocratic leader Hosni Mubarak.
Security forces moved to shut down rallies marking the anniversary by secular youth activists who led the anti-Mubarak uprising and who are critical of both the Islamists and the military.
A number of their most prominent figures have been in prison for months amid a campaign to silence even secular voices of dissent.
One prominent activist, Nazli Hussein, was detained by police on the subway as she headed from her home to join one such rally downtown, her mother, Ghada Shahbendar said.
The past three years of turmoil have split Egyptian society.
Elsewhere on Saturday, supporters of the military-backed government were celebrating and called on army chief General Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi to run for president, while Morsi's supporters were staging demonstrations as they try to build a new momentum in defiance to the military and its political transition plan.
The days' rallies are taking place in an atmosphere of fear, a day after four bombs exploded in Cairo targeting police and killing six people, believed to be an escalation of a campaign of attacks by Islamic militants.
Source: APTN
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Tear gas again clouded the streets of Cairo on Saturday as security forces clashed with secular activists opposed to both the military-backed government and the ousted Islamist President Mohammed Morsi.
The clashes came on the third anniversary of the country's 2011 uprising and overthrow of long-time autocratic leader Hosni Mubarak.
Security forces moved to shut down rallies marking the anniversary by secular youth activists who led the anti-Mubarak uprising and who are critical of both the Islamists and the military.
A number of their most prominent figures have been in prison for months amid a campaign to silence even secular voices of dissent.
One prominent activist, Nazli Hussein, was detained by police on the subway as she headed from her home to join one such rally downtown, her mother, Ghada Shahbendar said.
The past three years of turmoil have split Egyptian society.
Elsewhere on Saturday, supporters of the military-backed government were celebrating and called on army chief General Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi to run for president, while Morsi's supporters were staging demonstrations as they try to build a new momentum in defiance to the military and its political transition plan.
The days' rallies are taking place in an atmosphere of fear, a day after four bombs exploded in Cairo targeting police and killing six people, believed to be an escalation of a campaign of attacks by Islamic militants.
Source: APTN
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