Baku-APA. Egypt's presidency held the political forces responsible for the clashes that erupted Friday outside the presidential palace in Cairo between protesters and the security forces, Egyptian state TV reported, APA reports quoting Xinhua.
"These violent, vandalistic acts have nothing to do with any legitimate political practices of peaceful expression of opinion," the statement said.
The presidential statement also urged the political forces to denounce the violence committed outside the presidential palace and to call their supporters to immediately leave the area.
The statement addressed the political forces "that might have instigated" such acts, stating there will be investigation into the aggression committed by protesters against the security forces at the palace.
"The security forces will act strictly to apply the law and protect the country's institutions," the statement said.
Eyewitnesses told Xinhua that clashes erupted Friday evening near the presidential palace in Heliopolis, Cairo, when a number of protesters threw Molotov cocktails and fireworks at the direction of the palace while the security members replied with massive water hoses and tear gas bombs.
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