[Egypt Independent] The interior minister sacked commander of the Central Security Forces (CSF) Maged Nouh on Friday, after he failed to contain the anger of the CSF officers who staged a sit-in in at least seven CSF camps in Cairo alone, Al-Masry Al-Youm reported.Ashraf Abdallah, a long-serving CSF officer, has been appointed the new commander. His first task, Al-Masry Al-Youm reports, is to negotiate with the officers of the CSF and to convince them to end their strike.
Earlier, the website of state-run newspaper Al-Ahram had reported that on Thursday Abdallah met with leaders of the Central Security camps, and agreed to meet with their demands.
In relation to the crisis facing the security services, the Interior Ministry announced that it will hand over the headquarters of Port Security Directorate to the Armed Forces to secure, one day before the expected court ruling in the case of Port Said Massacre of February 2013, in which dozens of the city residents are defendants.
In a statement on its Facebook page, the ministry called on the people of the city of Port Said to "calm the situation and ensure the safety of all government and private establishments."
Two people were killed on Thursday in the fifth day of festivities between security forces and demonstrators in Port Said.
Clashes had erupted last Sunday in the vicinity of the Port Said Security Directorate after the Interior Ministry announced the transferal of the defendants of the Port Said case to Zagazig prison, awaiting the verdict.