During today’s march by the police officers in Tahrir Square, the officers were chanting in Muhammad Mahmoud Street: “Army, Police and People are United!” Behind the march there was an old woman tailing the officers, responding to the chant each time: “Since when?!”
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#Jan25 جمعة الغضب ٢٨ يناير: حرب شوارع بين الثوار وقوات الأمن
Running clashes between protesters and the Central Security Forces, in downtown Cairo, on the Friday of Anger, prior to the retreat of the police from Tahrir Square.
#Jan25 السبت ٢٩ يناير: محاولة الزحف على وزارة الداخلية
On Saturday 29 January, protesters in Tahrir tried to march on the Interior Ministry’s compound in Lazoughly Square, which hosts one of Mubarak’s biggest torture centers, State Security Police headquarters.
Although the police has withdrawn from all the streets on the previous night, following their defeat, their forces gathered to protect Lazoughly, and snipers were stationed around the ministry’s buildings. The police kept firing continuous rounds of tear gas, live ammunition, rubber bullets, birdshots. I don’t know how many died. I saw at least one. Many were injured.
The army did not protect the protesters. After hours of clashes, the tanks moved into Muhammad Mahmoud Street, to try separate between the revolutionaries and the police troops. The revolutionaries took the tanks as a shield and kept trying to storm the compound. People also used blankets, cardboards, anything they can shield themselves with in the face of the bullets.