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| Egypt Police Withdraw from Port Said HQ |
| 2013-03-09 |
| [An Nahar] Egyptian police withdrew on Friday from their headquarters in Port Said that has been the target of protesters and transferred its protection to the military, the Interior Ministry said. "It has been decided to give the military the responsibility of securing the police headquarters," a statement said. The military has been deployed in Port Said since rioting began in late January. Earlier, an Egyptian protester was rubbed out in overnight festivities in Port Said when police fired on protesters outside their headquarters, a doctor said on Friday. Karim Sayid Abdel Aziz, 33, died of a bullet wound to the head, said Dr. Mohammed Arnous who treated him in a Port Said hospital. Abdel Aziz had been shot three times. A medic told Agence La Belle France Presse that 73 people were maimed in the festivities, including five people who suffered bullet wounds and 19 who were hit by birdshot. The festivities on Thursday resumed after protesters marched on the police headquarters, which they had already set ablaze on Tuesday, chanting "the interior ministry are thugs," an AFP correspondent reported. The unrest in the Suez Canal city, fueled by January death sentences handed down to football fans over deadly rioting last year, flared again on Sunday, with six people, including three coppers, dying in the festivities. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #3 Karim Sayid Abdel Aziz, 33, died of a bullet wound to the head, said Dr. Mohammed Arnous who treated him in a Port Said hospital. Abdel Aziz had been shot three times. pretty obviously a suicide |
| Posted by: Frank G 2013-03-09 14:09 |
| #2 Nicely shifting the blame. |
| Posted by: Redneck Jim 2013-03-09 08:21 |
| #1 "It has been decided to give the military the responsibility of securing the police headquarters," a statement said. Some would say that's Martial Law. |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2013-03-09 07:55 |