Monday, March 7, 2011

Thousands of Egyptians attacked the main headquarters of State Security

Cairo. .- Some 2,500 Egyptians today stormed the main headquarters of the services of State Security, law enforcement is the regime of Hosni Mubarak, in northeast Cairo, the official news agency, Mena. The demonstrators entered the building, located in Madinat Nasr district, to find important documents before their perpetrators being burned or destroyed, the source said.

The protesters chanted slogans such as "Where is freedom between us and the State Security?", "All the people said enough is enough, state security must be trampled" and "The main demand of the revolutionaries is that the Security State must fall. " Since this morning many people had gathered outside the building calling for the dissolution of these services and attempted to enter, but the Army had prevented the deployment of troops backed by armored vehicles and tanks.

Hundreds of demonstrators managed to enter other branches of the security forces as those located in Giza and on October 6, west of the capital, where several officers fired without causing any casualties on the demonstrators. This morning, the military evacuated early in another quarter of the State Security in the Ramla area in Alexandria, where 21 officers were injured on Friday night to break a crowd in the building.

The Egyptian Interior Ministry announced that a study carried out urgently to restructure the service. The elimination of the security apparatus is one of the main demands of protesters following the resignation of President Mubarak on 11 February and the resignation last Thursday of Prime Minister Ahmad Shafiq, appointed by the former head of state.

Just today, the trial against former Minister of Interior Habib al Adli, detained in custody for alleged money laundering and illicit enrichment. Al Adli, one of the most hated figures of the regime of Mubarak for a profile in political repression, pleaded guilty before the court, which decided to postpone the hearing until April 2.

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