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Posted on January 29, 2011 | tags

 
 

World: Egypt protests turn deadly after police station attacks

  • 17 protesters killed while attempting to attack two police stations source
  • » What happened: The attacks, which happened in two separate police stations in towns within the Beni Suef Governorate south of Cairo, also led to dozens of other injuries. The attacks are part of a spate of widespread retaliation against police officers, who are hated because of their brutality – a major contrast between what’s happening with the military – with which no major spats have been reported.