Protesters and military police officers clashed in the vicinity of the Cabinet offices and Parliament in central Cairo during the early morning hours of 16 and on 17 December 2011. Demonstrators were angered when unverified reports of the beating of a detained protester circulated online. The crowd of approximately 300 people set fire to vehicles and threw stones and Molotov cocktails at police officers, prompting police officers to fire into the air and use water cannons. The fighting continued throughout the morning, and at least one government building was burned during the clashes, but other buildings in the area were not under threat. Authorities reported that at least 15 people suffered injuries in the violence, which subsided by the afternoon hours.
- Airsecurity
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