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| Egypt’s army imposed an overnight curfew around the defense ministry in Cairo on Friday after protesters clashed with troops there during demonstrations against the country’s military rule. (Reuters) |
Egypt’s
ruling military council said it will impose an overnight curfew on Saturday in
the defense ministry district for a second successive night and ordered 300
people detained over deadly clashes between troops and anti-military protesters
in Cairo.
The curfew
will go into effect between 21:00 GMT on Saturday and 04:00 GMT on Sunday, the
official said.
Military
prosecutors, meanwhile, said the 300, including nine journalists, “will be held
for 15 days pending investigation” into clashes in the Abbassiya district on
Friday that left two people including a soldier dead and at least 300 injured.
A security
official confirmed the number and said more arrests could be made on Saturday.
The
military prosecution said it would release all women detained in Friday's
clashes.
“The
military judiciary has decided to release all the women,” he said. He did not
say how many women were detained, but activists put the number at between 14
and 17.
After hours
of questioning overnight, those held were accused of assaulting army officers
and soldiers, assembling in a military zone and preventing members of the armed
forces from carrying out their work, the source said.
They all
denied the charges.
Friday saw
fierce clashes between anti-military protesters and troops near the defense
ministry.
The clashes
erupted just three weeks ahead of Egypt’s first presidential elections since a
popular uprising ousted president Hosni Mubarak last year.
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