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| 25 arrested in Azhar University clashes Wednesday |
| 2013-10-31 |
| [Al Ahram] Protesters stormed an administration at Al-Azhar University building after they demonstrated in support of Mohammed Morsi ...the former president of Egypt. A proponent of the One Man, One Vote, One Timeprinciple, Morsi won election after the deposal of Hosni Mubarak and jumped to the conclusion it was his turn to be dictator... on Wednesday. Twenty-five were tossed in the clink Drop the rosco, Muggsy, or you're one with the ages! amid festivities with security, judicial officials told Ahram Arabic news website. According to the lawyer representing those arrested, only eight of them are Azhar students. This was confirmed by a security source, who added that many protesters had entered the campus illegally. Security forces were allowed onto campus upon the request of the university's President, after festivities escalated in the second week of protests at the university. Morsi supporters calling for his reinstatement stormed the administration building Wednesday and threw documents out of the windows. According to a security official quoted by state television ... and if you can't believe state television who can you believe? , protesters held the university president and some of the staff inside the building against their will. Eye-witnesses told Ahram Online news hound at the scene that university security forces had initially used water cannons in an unsuccessful attempt to disperse the protesters. Ahram Online news hound also heard gunshots during the melee. Both parties claimed the other side had started the festivities. Student protesters told Ahram Online they were demonstrating peacefully when security opened water cannons against them. University security denied the allegations. No, no! Certainly not! and said they had reacted to protesters hurling stones. |
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