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Protests in Tahrir Square take a turn toward violence - Cairo

June 29th, 2011 by Sarah Carr
Sarah Carr
Cairo, Egypt, Middle East
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Tear gas near the Interior Ministry.
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A man models a police officers hat.
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Used teargas canister read, "Made in the USA."
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Tear gas near the Interior Ministry.
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A protestor holds up a police baton.
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Tear gas near the Interior Ministry.
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Rocks on the ground on a street between Tahrir Square and the Interior Ministry.
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A protester wears a CSF helmet.
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A protestor holds up a banner with a picture of a revolution martyr on it.
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Protestors set fire to a tire and other street furniture.
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Rocks on the ground on a street between Tahrir Square and the Interior Ministry.
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Protestors set fire to a tire and other street furniture.
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Protestors set fire to a tire and other street furniture.
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Outside the Interior Ministry.
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A boy looks at graffiti reading "The Interior Ministry are thugs."
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A child holds peace signs wit burning rubber tires and furniture behind him.
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"Tantwy," graffiti about Field Marshall Mohamed Tantawy, head of the Supreme Council of Armed Forces currently ruling Egypt.
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Motorbikes were used to transport the injured to the field hospital in Tahrir Square.
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  • Protests in Tahrir Square take a turn toward violence Cairo
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  • Protests in Tahrir Square take a turn toward violence Cairo
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  • Protests in Tahrir Square take a turn toward violence Cairo
  • Protests in Tahrir Square take a turn toward violence Cairo
  • Protests in Tahrir Square take a turn toward violence Cairo
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Clashes between protestors and Central Security Forces (CSF) erupt in Tahrir Square and the Interior Ministry.

There are conflicting accounts of how these clashes began, described here: http://english.ahram.org.eg/News/15315.aspx

What is certain is that relatives of people killed in the revolution went to Cairo's Interior Ministry where they say there were attacked by CSF. The demonstration then grew into a protest against the tardiness with which former regime figures are being held to account. Several protestors I spoke to said that they feel "nothing has changed" after January's revolution.

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