Affrontements à El Kharga : trois morts – 7 février 2011

Three killed in Egypt desert clash with police

reuters.com

Wed Feb 9, 2011

CAIRO Feb 9 (Reuters) – Three people were killed and several suffered gunshot wounds in clashes between security forces and about 3,000 protesters in a western province of Egypt, state TV and security sources said on Wednesday.

The clashes in New Valley, a province that includes an oasis in Egypt’s western desert, erupted on Tuesday and continued into Wednesday, according to security sources. State TV said three people died in the fighting but did not provide further details.

It appeared to be the first serious clash between police and protesters since officers all but disappeared from Egyptian streets after they had beaten, teargassed and fired rubber bullets at protesters on Jan. 28, dubbed the « Day of Wrath ».

President Hosni Mubarak sent the army onto the streets that night, but several days of looting and lawlessness followed the withdrawal of police and many prisoners escaped from prison.

On Monday, a security source said former Egyptian Interior Minister Habib el-Adli had appeared before military prosecutors and may face charges of causing a breakdown in order during protests. Read more…

(Writing by Yasmine Saleh; editing by Janet Lawrence)

Three dead, 100 wounded in south Egypt clash: official

brecorder.com

2011-02-10

At least three people were killed and 100 wounded in two days of clashes between police and demonstrators in a town in southern Egypt’s New Valley region, a security official told AFP on Wednesday.

Police fired live rounds Tuesday when local people rioted in the oasis town of El Kharga, more than 400 kilometres (240 miles) south of Cairo, the official said, speaking on condition of anonymity.

Scores were wounded and three people died of their injuries on Wednesday.

The furious mob responded by burning seven official buildings, including two police stations, a police barracks, a court house and the local headquarters of President Hosni Mubarak’s ruling National Democratic Party.

The unrest in the country’s south was the latest indication that the frustration with Hosni Mubarak’s 30-year-reign has spread far beyond Cairo’s Tahrir Square, the epicenter of the massive two-week-old protests.

The central square saw its largest protests yet on Tuesday, fuelled in part by an emotional televised interview with Wael Ghonim, a 30-year-old Google executive and activist who was released after being detained for 12 days. Read more…

Les manifestants continuent le combat

Le Point.fr

09 02 2011

Trois personnes sont décédées après des heurts entre manifestants et forces de l’ordre dans le sud du pays.

Morts dans le sud du pays

La mobilisation a aussi touché le sud de l’Égypte : des manifestations mardi à El Kharga, à 400 kilomètres au sud de la capitale, lors desquelles la police a utilisé des balles réelles pour disperser les protestataires, ont fait une centaine de blessés, dont trois ont succombé mercredi, selon un responsable. Une foule en colère a réagi à ces morts en mettant le feu à sept bâtiments officiels, dont deux commissariats, un tribunal et le siège local du parti au pouvoir.

Les manifestants anti-gouvernementaux au Caire ont été galvanisés par la foule monstre rassemblée la veille place Tahrir, où, selon des photographes de l’AFP, le nombre des protestataires a été le plus important depuis le début de la contestation. Les mesures d’apaisement annoncées par le régime d’Hosni Moubarak ces derniers jours n’ont pas satisfait ses détracteurs.