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Men with rocks attack remnants of Cairo protest

10 March 2011 03:03 (UTC +04:00)

Baku â€“ APA. Dozens of men armed with rocks attacked a few hundred pro-reform protesters in Cairo on Wednesday, seeking to drive them out of Tahrir Square, witnesses said, APA reports quoting â€œReutersâ€.
The protesters, remnants of the mass uprising that swept President Hosni Mubarak from power on February 11, said the men had hurled rocks at them. State television showed footage of hundreds of people facing off, throwing rocks.
Later in the day, army officers were seen removing protesters’ tents and asking them to leave the square, witnesses said. "The army decided to remove tents and clear the square," a military official said.
Small groups of reformists have continued to gather in Tahrir Square since Mubarak was toppled. Numbers have climbed on Fridays when activists have called for bigger participation to press demands for political reform.
"A group of gangsters attacked us with stones, they seemed to be wanting us to leave the square," said Gamal Hussein, 60.
Four other witnesses gave a similar account.
Ahmed Fathy, 40, said: "I saw two people injured in the head, carried away by people."