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Saturday, May 5, 2012

At least 130 injured and two killed in new unrest in Cairo


New riots around the Ministry of Defence in Cairo (Egypt). At least two people have died and 296 people injured. Of these, 131 have been taken to hospitals for injuries related to the impact of rocks, the asphyxiation by inhalation of toxic gases and cuts, reported Al Ansari to the Egyptian news agency Mena. In response to the serious clashes between police and protesters, the Egyptian military junta has declared a curfew from 23:00 local time (21.00 GMT) on Friday until 07.00 (05.00 GMT) on Saturday in the area and 170 protesters have been arrested, according to press a military prosecutor. This new outbreak of violence occurs when missing less than three weeks to the Egyptian presidential elections and just two days after 20 people died, according to medical sources, nine officials said, in clashes that occurred after a group of agitators attacked a camp established at the Ministry of Defence. In a statement read by General Mokhtar to Mula on state television, the military leadership has warned it will take "all measures provided by law" against those who violate the ban on driving on the streets around the ministry, in the Cairo neighborhood of Abasiya. 

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