Cairo police disperse protesters with teargas and birdshot, reportedly beating anyone they can catch [View all]

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UPDATE: Cairo police disperse protesters with teargas and birdshot, reportedly beating anyone they can catch http://on.rt.com/a67qat

http://rt.com/news/egypt-clashes-return-friday-254/

Protests turn violent in key Egyptian cities again on Friday, as thousands take to the streets to demand the end of Morsi’s government. Police brutally dispersed petrol bomb-throwing protesters in Cairo, arresting and injuring dozens.

­At least 48 people were injured during clashes in Cairo on Friday, Al Arabiya reported.

Dozens of people have reportedly been arrested. Some of the arrests turned ugly with at least one case of police beating and stripping a protester, and dragging him naked into a police van “like a piece of meat,” Cairo-based journalist Bel Trew reported in her twitter.

Protesters threw Molotov cocktails and launced fireworks over the gates of the presidential building, Cairo-based journalist Bel Trew told RT. The angry crowds were pushed back by the teargas-firing security forces on armored vehicles, she added.

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