Police clashed with citizens in the northern province of el-Burullus, reports HMLC, resulting in injuries and deaths. No more details are available at the moment.
UPDATE: A report from Tadamon.
UPDATE: The clashes broke out after a protest by 8,000 of the Burullus residents denouncing the shortages in flour and bread in the town. Mubarak’s pigs (the second largest recipients of US foreign aid after Israel) fired tear gas, rubber bullets and live ammunition on the demonstrators resulting in critical injuries, but no deaths contrary to the initial reports.
Scores were arrested, including a pregnant woman, by State Security and the ordinary police, of which 87 are underwent interrogation by the Prosecutor in Kafr el-Sheikh.
I also received some photos of the events from a friend. Here’s one of a local State Security Police officer:
More pix of the riots, taken with a mobile phone camera:
It’s worth mentioning that Burullus, a fishermen‘s community, has been a hot spot for more than a year now, with riots and protests against the lack of drinking water and against police brutality.
