Clashes in Egyptian capital Cairo 
16 December 2011 Last updated at 16:24
Clashes are taking place in the Egyptian capital, Cairo, after troops moved in to try to remove demonstrators staging a sit-in protest outside the parliament building. Security forces have reportedly been throwing rocks from the top of buildings, angering the protesters below. The latest protests began three weeks ago, following the appointment of a new prime minister by the military government.
via BBC News - Clashes in Egyptian capital Cairo
The air smells like natural gas and they started throwing molotov from inside the building, at least we can see this! via Twitter / @salmasaid
#OccupyCabinet attacks is a cover up on #EgyArmy beating some of the judges who were overseeing the #EgyElections pollings Last night. via Twitter / @AElMassry
Activists, security forces clash in Egypt - CNN
by Mohamed Fadel Fahmy - @Repent11 
December 16, 2011 -- Updated 1655 GMT
Pro-democracy activists clashed with soldiers after protests outside parliament
STORY HIGHLIGHTS
NEW: Around 100 are injured, the Health Ministry says
Water cannons and warning shots are used to disperse the crowd
Glass, rocks and Molotov cocktails are being thrown
The beating of an activist sparks the violence, other activists say
Cairo (CNN) -- Dozens of people were injured on Friday, a government spokesman said, when violence between pro-democracy activists and Egyptian security forces escalated in central Cairo. People threw Molotov cocktails, rocks and glass at each other.
Bricks and cement blocks rained down on protesters as men wearing what appeared to be military uniforms tossed them off the top of a six-story building. Nearby, a Ministry of Transportation building burned and tents in an activist encampment in front of the parliament building also caught fire.
The military fired warning shots in the air and sprayed water cannons to disperse the crowd. Hisham Shiha, Health Ministry spokesman, said nearly 100 people were injured, including nine from live ammunition. Adel Saeed, the spokesman of the general prosecutor's office, said 12 people had been detained and charged with destroying public property.
A Ministry of Interior official denied any police involvement. "This situation has nothing to do with the police or the Ministry of Interior and we do not have forces at the site of the clashes," said Gen. Marwan Mustapha, a ministry spokesman. A doctor at a makeshift clinic said he has treated dozens of protesters for cuts and injuries caused by glass and rocks.
"It all started when the military arrested one man, and then an hour later he emerged from building barely able to walk from the beating," said activist and video blogger Walid Nada. "His face and body and clothes (were) blotched with blood as the protesters carried him to makeshift hospital."
Activist Mona Seif identified the beaten man as Aboudi Ibrahim. He "has no broken bones, but major bruises to the face, cuts, and harsh burns from electric shockers. We are filling a police report soon," she said.
via Activists, security forces clash in Egypt - CNN.com.
The last word on this post from @SherineT:
Protesters injured by soldiers go to military hospital? protesters killed get comp from martyrs ministry set up by #scaf? Bizarre.
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