Violence returns to Cairo as police tear gas protesters outside US embassy
Egyptian security forces fired tear gas at a crowd of angry protesters near the US embassy in Cairo. Some 30 protesters have been injured and 12 arrested, journalists on Twitter quoted the Egyptian Interior Ministry as saying.
Hundreds of protesters massed outside the US embassy in Cairo on Thursday. Demonstrators hurled stones at security personnel, who retaliated by firing tear gas and warning shots at the crowd.
On Wednesday, several hundred protesters rallied in front of the embassy, chanting “leave Egypt” and demanding that the US apologize for an American-made film that mocks Islam’s Prophet Muhammad.
Dozens of riot police were then deployed in the area to contain the demonstrators and divert them into side streets. Clashes continued into the night, with protesters throwing stones and Molotov cocktails at police.
