Saturday
07Jun2008
Police clash with citizens in el-Boroloss إنتفاضة خبز جديدة في البرلس
Saturday, June 7, 2008 at 11:17PM
Police clashed with citizens in the northern province of el-Boroloss, reports HMLC, resulting in injuries and deaths.. No more details are available at the moment...
UPDATE: A report from Tadamon...
UPDATE: I'm extremely busy with my departure for Cairo logistics, so I don't have time to follow up on this properly.. So please follow the HMLC blog, Tadamon and Nora's Twitter for continuous updates...
The clashes broke out after a protest by 8,000 of the Boroloss residents denouncing the shortages in flour and bread in the town.. Mubarak's pigs (the second largest recipients of US foreign aid after Israel) fired tear gas, rubber bullets and live ammunition on the demonstrators resulting in critical injuries, but no deaths contrary to the initial reports. Scores were arrested, including a pregnant woman, by State Security and the ordinary police, of which 87 are underwent interrogation by the Prosecutor in Kafr el-Sheikh..
I also received some photos from the events.. Here's one of a State Security officer...
And click on the pic below to view more pix of the riots, taken by a mobile phone camera...
It's worth mentioning that Boroloss, a fishermen's community, has been a hot spot for more than a year now, with riots and protests against the lack of drinking water and against police brutality...
UPDATE: A report from Tadamon...
UPDATE: I'm extremely busy with my departure for Cairo logistics, so I don't have time to follow up on this properly.. So please follow the HMLC blog, Tadamon and Nora's Twitter for continuous updates...
The clashes broke out after a protest by 8,000 of the Boroloss residents denouncing the shortages in flour and bread in the town.. Mubarak's pigs (the second largest recipients of US foreign aid after Israel) fired tear gas, rubber bullets and live ammunition on the demonstrators resulting in critical injuries, but no deaths contrary to the initial reports. Scores were arrested, including a pregnant woman, by State Security and the ordinary police, of which 87 are underwent interrogation by the Prosecutor in Kafr el-Sheikh..
I also received some photos from the events.. Here's one of a State Security officer...
And click on the pic below to view more pix of the riots, taken by a mobile phone camera...
It's worth mentioning that Boroloss, a fishermen's community, has been a hot spot for more than a year now, with riots and protests against the lack of drinking water and against police brutality...






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