Egypt street battles enter fourth day
Reuters
2011-11-22
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Clashes between security forces and pro-democracy protesters in Cairo continue for a fourth day.
A steady stream of injured are ferried by motorcycle from the front line, where stone-throwing demonstrators are facing off with riot police who are unleashing a constant barrage of tear gas, bird shot and rubber bullets.
(SOUNDBITE) (Arabic) INJURED PROTESTER DESCRIBING HOW A MAN WAS CRITICALLY INJURED, SAYING:
"When myself and someone else were talking someone threw a stone. Right then from one of their armoured personnel carriers, the officer that was in front of the armoured personnel carrier fired a shotgun cartridge and it hit the person who was with me directly in the face, here. And so now they took him to Qas al-Aini hospital."
At least 33 people have been killed in the non-stop violence - and over 1,500 have been injured.
Travis Brecher, Reuters
A steady stream of injured are ferried by motorcycle from the front line, where stone-throwing demonstrators are facing off with riot police who are unleashing a constant barrage of tear gas, bird shot and rubber bullets.
(SOUNDBITE) (Arabic) INJURED PROTESTER DESCRIBING HOW A MAN WAS CRITICALLY INJURED, SAYING:
"When myself and someone else were talking someone threw a stone. Right then from one of their armoured personnel carriers, the officer that was in front of the armoured personnel carrier fired a shotgun cartridge and it hit the person who was with me directly in the face, here. And so now they took him to Qas al-Aini hospital."
At least 33 people have been killed in the non-stop violence - and over 1,500 have been injured.
Travis Brecher, Reuters
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