Cairo Protesters throw stones at military police

Military police tried to break up a sit-in by pro-democracy activists in central Cairo on December 16 and anger at their rough tactics blew up into clashes that quickly turned the streets around parliament into a rock-strewn battle zone. Demonstrators clashed with troops wielding truncheons and electric prods, witnesses said, in the worst violence since the start of Egypt's first free election.

• 2011-12-16T18:12:38+00:00
• Duration: 00:31

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