Update: Security forces teargas protesters to control clashes in Tanta

Sunday 30-06-2013 07:39 PM
Update: Security forces teargas protesters to control clashes in Tanta

An attempt to break into a police station in Gharbiya on February 15, 2013 - Aswat Masriya

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Police and security forces fired teargas in Tanta’s Berma to disperse protesters and Muslim Brotherhood members who clashed after a Brotherhood headquarters was torched on Sunday.

Dozens of demonstrators and Tanta citizens raided and torched the Brotherhood’s headquarters in Berma Village after Brotherhood members reportedly shot at the demonstrators.

The city’s security headquarters deployed tanks and central security forces to control the clashes between the two sides.

Two people were injured in the clashes.

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