Violent Clashes in Tahrir Square Lead to Hundreds Wounded (PHOTOS)
An Egyptian protester wounded in the eye is treated at a field hospital in central Cairo following deadly clashes with security forces. Nov. 20, 2011.
The violent clashes between Egyptian security forces and protesters continued in the streets near Cairo’s Tahrir Square on Monday evening, for the third straight day.
Riot troops fired a hailstorm of tear gas and rubber bullets into the crowd throughout the night. Even though street lamps were cut on the main battle line – a small stretch of street in the downtown district of the capital – hundreds of protesters surged into the line of police in the dark, attacking with rocks, Molotov cocktails, and slingshots.
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– Jon Jensen
Edited by Nicholas Dynan and Kyle Kim
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