Tuesday, December 20, 2011

Egyptian Army storms Tahrir Square brutally beating civilians w/ batons (Cairo,Egypt)

(December 17th, 2011) Watch all the way through, it starts out with a simple charge but after about 1 minute people start getting beaten, then fires break out at around 2 min 30 sec. Mature content.

Soldiers baton-charged demonstrators in Cairo's Tahrir Square today just 24 hours after street clashes killed eight people and wounded more than 300. Protesters fled into side streets to escape the troops in riot gear, who grabbed people and battered them repeatedly even after they had been beaten to the ground.The violence - marred the first free election most Egyptians can remember and highlighted the tensions in Egypt 10 months after a popular revolt toppled President Hosni Mubarak.




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