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Abou Hamed denies FJP accusations of trying to run over protesters

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December 8th, 2012

Muslim Brotherhood demonstrators apprehended former MP Mohamed Abou Hamed after he attempted to run over a number of protesters from the group, alleges the Freedom and Justice Party’s Facebook page.

A post on the page claims that Abou Hamed, a former MP and head of the Lives of the Egyptians Party, was caught in front of the Al-Rahman Al-Rahim Mosque on Salah Salem Street with a number of weapons in his car. However, further independent verification of the report was not available.

Brotherhood members have been demonstrating in front of the Rabaa al-Adawiyyah Mosque in Nasr City on Friday in support of President Mohamed Morsy. At the same time, thousands of the president’s opponents have been protesting in front of the presidential palace in Heliopolis.

Abou Hamed, meanwhile, denied the FJP account of the incident and filed a complaint against Salafi professor Abdallah Badr, saying that he attempted to incite his murder.

Abou Hamed claimed that he was heading to prevent clashes between Morsy's supporters and opponents but was surrounded by Brotherhood members in his car in front of the mosque. According to Abou Hamed, the Brotherhood members attacked him, and he also heard Badr calling on the crowd to kill him.

He added in a report filed with the Giza Security Directorate that he suffered injuries and his car was also damaged.

Abou Hamed was treated at the Salam International Hospital, and the Public Prosecution will start investigating the incident.

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Update: Qursaya residents block traffic artery as Armed Forces claim ownership

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November 18th, 2012

Residents of Qursaya Island blocked Bahr al-Azam Street in Giza for a second time Sunday evening, completely paralyzing traffic in the area.

Security forces and military personnel attempted to evict the residents from the island early Sunday morning, but they refused to leave. Following clashes that killed two and injured 10, residents blocked the street and set tires on fire, stopping through traffic for three hours.

Authorities at the Giza Security Directorate had opened Bahr al-Azam Street for traffic after nearly 400 people burnt tires to block the street earlier in the day, following a dispute that led to clashes between security forces and residents.

Residents said they were forced to cut off the road after they had given the authorities an hour deadline to release those who were arrested Sunday morning, but they have not been released, which prompted them to block the road.

Military spokesperson Ahmed Mohamed Ali said Sunday that the Armed Forces is registered at the notary office as the owner of the disputed Qursaya land.

He also warned that the Armed Forces will confront any legal violation and will put an end to “thuggery.”

In a Facebook post, he said that the Armed Forces uses the land as part of its mission to secure Cairo.

“The land was attacked by the residents following the 25 January revolution, when the Armed Forces evacuated it and employed guards to prevent further attacks,” he explained.

He also claimed that 60 residents attacked the property's guards at 6 am Friday, saying that they continued the attack after negotiations and attempts to peacefully convince them to leave the land.

He added that central command evacuated the land on Sunday and regained control after negotiations failed.

Ali also claimed that the Armed Forces were fired upon from a nearby building, leading to four injuries. The injured soldiers are being treated in Maadi Hospital, and he also said that 25 people were arrested and referred for prosecution.

“At 11 am, residents found the body of 17-year old fisherman named Mohamed Abdel Mawgood, who lived in Sakkiet Mekki in Giza. Military Prosecution was informed to take legal measures,” he added.

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University graduates accused of intercepting governor’s convoy detained

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August 17th, 2012

 

Giza’s governor said he filed a complaint against university graduates accused of intercepting his convoy and preventing him from attending a scheduled meeting with Bishop Pachomius, the acting pope of the Coptic Orthodox Church.

Ali Abdel Rahman said he “assigned the governorate executive authority to file a complaint against outlaws who use the revolution as a pretext for bullying and breaking the law.”

He said authorities detained the graduates for 15 days pending investigations.

“Anyone who approaches the headquarters of the governorate, does not respect the law or blocks the road will be dealt with according to the law,” Abdel Rahman said.

The governor said he would file complaints against anyone who attempts to attack or insult him or to attack the governorate headquarters, even if the assault is verbal.

He called on people who have complaints to resort to legal means instead of blocking roads and stalling work. He praised the Giza Security Directorate for cooperating with and protecting the governorate headquarters, and voiced support for President Mohamed Morsy’s decision to criminalize blocking roads.

Edited translation from Al-Masry Al-Youm 

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Publishing house protests accusations of pre-marked ballots

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June 21st, 2012

Al-Amireya publishing house workers blocked the Corniche in Imbaba in protest against investigations into eight employees accused of marking presidential election ballots for candidate Mohamed Morsy.

Traffic was completely paralyzed in the Cairo district and along the Corniche as the employees of the government-run printing house put up road barriers.

The protesters said the accusations leveled against their colleagues are fabricated and demanded that the investigation be called off. They said ballot papers are printed under the supervision of security authorities.

Khaled Abdu, head of the Chamber of Publishing Industries within the Egyptian Trade Union Federation, asserted that the ballots were marked inside the polling station, not in the publishing house.

Giza security officials attempted to convince the employees to open the road to traffic.

A security source said Wednesday that the Giza Security Directorate had formed a team to investigate allegations that nearly 2 million pre-marked ballots were printed in the government's publishing house and used during the runoff election last Saturday and Sunday.

The source, who asked not to be named, said investigators have begun hearing testimonies from publishing house employees, and noted that security authorities have received reports that an unnamed individual may have paid one of the workers LE1 million in return for printing the pre-marked ballots.

Workers told investigators a bearded man had been frequently visiting the publishing house and befriending the employees, the same source alleged.

The suspect’s location has been identified and he will be summoned for interrogation, according to the source.

Edited translation from Al-Masry Al-Youm

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PEC: Complaints won’t affect election results

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June 20th, 2012

Complaints filed on Tuesday by presidential candidates Mohamed Morsy and Ahmed Shafiq against the electoral process would not affect the outcome of the runoff held last Saturday and Sunday, said Abdel Aziz Salman, the deputy secretary general of the Presidential Elections Commission (PEC).

Salman told Al-Masry Al-Youm on Wednesday that the campaign of the Freedom and Justice Party’s Morsy would present its complaints at 2 pm, while former Prime Minister Shafiq’s campaign would begin its case at 5 pm.

"The commission [PEC] has been convened to review the charges and make a final decision," Salman said, declining to state the number of votes that could be affected by the complaints.

Over the past two days, both campaigns have claimed victory for their candidates and have reported different voting results. The PEC said it was not responsible for these unofficial announcements. PEC’s official announcement of the results had been set for Thursday, but yesterday commission head Farouk Sultan said this announcement will likely be delayed.

Meanwhile, a security source said Wednesday that the Giza Security Directorate had formed a team to investigate allegations that nearly 2 million pre-marked ballots were printed in the government's publishing house and used during the runoff election.

The source, who asked not to be named, said investigators have begun hearing testimonies from workers at the publishing house, and noted that security authorities have received reports that an unnamed individual may have paid one of the workers LE1 million in return for printing out the pre-marked ballots.

The same source added that workers told investigators a bearded man had been frequently visiting the publishing house and befriending the employees.

The suspect’s location has been identified and he will be summoned for interrogation, according to the source.

Edited translation from Al-Masry Al-Youm

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Security sources: Morsy did not obtain permission for Giza rally

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May 13th, 2012

Sources at the Giza Security Directorate said presidential candidate Mohamed Morsy did not obtain permission to hold his rally before the "Renaissance" statue in front of Cairo University, adding that it would have been allowed had he or anyone from the Freedom and Justice Party applied for it.

The source said the rally paralyzed traffic on Saturday, as the statue located in the heart of Giza makes a rally there an act of “madness,” as the source put it.

Edited translation from Al-Masry Al-Youm

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State Council requests military police in anticipation of demonstrations

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April 9th, 2012

The State Council asked Major General Hamdy Badeen, the head of the military police, to increase security around the council in anticipation of demonstrations, the state-run daily Al-Ahram reported on Monday.

The demonstrations are likely to take place on Tuesday by supporters of presidential hopeful Hazem Salah Abu Ismail.

Tuesday the council will consider Abu Ismail’s appeal, in which he requests that the interior minister produce an official document stating the nationality of his mother.

The Al-Masry Al-Youm quoted a source at the Giza Security Directorate as saying extensive security preparations by Central Security Forces and military police are planned for the council that day.

The newspaper reported that the council would also consider challenges filed against the Constituent Assembly, which is dominated by Islamists, and appeals submitted by Ayman Nour and Khairat al-Shater against disqualifying them from the presidential elections.

The source said all plaintiffs have many supporters who may stage protests in front of the council.

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Trial of defendants in Israeli Embassy raid adjourned

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March 26th, 2012

The Supreme State Security Emergency Court adjourned on Monday the trial of 76 defendants allegedly involved in attacks on the embassies of Israel and Saudi Arabia and the Giza Security Directorate until Wednesday to hear the defense.

Captain Mahmoud Hamada, a security officer and witness, said in Monday’s session that he saw one of the defendants paying the demonstrators to continue protesting. Hamada was one of two police officers testifying on Monday, in addition to Captain Ashraf Abdel Gawad.

The prosecution has accused the defendants of violence against civil servants, assaulting policemen, breaking into the Giza Security Directorate, damaging public and private property, and possessing bladed weapons with the purpose of destabilizing public security.

On 9 September, hundreds demonstrated outside the building housing the Israeli Embassy before dozens stormed it. Protesters also clashed with security forces outside the nearby Giza Security Directorate and Saudi Embassy. The clashes resulted in two deaths and left many injured.

The riots came after six Egyptian military and security personnel were killed on 18 August by Israeli forces that, Israel said, were pursuing criminals that killed eight Israelis near the southern Israeli town of Eilat earlier that day.

Translated from Al-Masry Al-Youm

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Police witnesses claim protesters attacked security during Israeli Embassy riot

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March 1st, 2012

 

Protesters assaulted security forces during rioting outside the Israeli Embassy last August, police witnesses testified in court Wednesday.

The State Security Emergency Court later adjourned the trial of 76 suspects to 24 March. The prosecution has accused them of violence against civil servants, assaulting policemen, breaking into the Giza Security Directorate, damaging public and private property, and possessing bladed weapons with the purpose of destabilizing public security.

"I was notified that protesters were gathering before the Saudi Arabia Embassy, who then decided to assault the Giza Security Directorate,” said police officer Ahmed Ibrahim Moussa, a witness in the case.

Moussa said that when he arrived at the area of Murad Street lined by the Israeli and Saudi embassies, as well as the Giza Security Directorate, a group of people he called saboteurs began attacking security forces with stones and Molotov cocktails.

Moussa testified that the alleged attackers were not protesters, since they didn’t have any demands. Policemen injured in the attacks had to be taken to hospitals, he said.

“We were at several protests and strikes of Public Transport Authority drivers and others, which were peaceful ones that were secured by police, unlike what those saboteurs did at the embassy,” he said.

Moussa also added that security forces arrested eight suspects on the scene and held them near the embassy until they were taken to the Giza Security Directorate.

Additional police reports were later filed against other protesters who attacked police, Moussa said, and most of the defendants were arrested after the clashes.

Moussa denied arresting any suspects who weren’t involved in the riots, and noted that police officers were only provided with tear gas canisters and blank ammunition.

Policeman Mohamed Abdel Shakour, another witness in the case, said, “During interrogations, suspects admitted to attacking the Giza Security Directorate and Israeli Embassy." He did not provide any details as to how many suspects admitted to attacking the buildings or why.

The prosecution has said its investigations found that people with criminal records, as well a former police officer accused of inciting the riots, were among the 40 suspects.

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