About 2,500 protesters have broken into the main headquarters of the services of State Security, law enforcement is the regime of Hosni Mubarak, in the northeast of Cairo, according to official Egyptian 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 sources said.
The protesters chanted slogans such as "Where is freedom between us and the State Security?" and "All the people said enough is enough, state security must be trampled." This initiative comes POCE after opening an investigation into a fire at the headquarters of the Secret Service and could be related to attempts to burn incriminating records of the Mubarak era.
Hundreds of people gathered today in front of the building in the southwest of the capital when they noticed the smoke coming out of the place. Three tanks and a military police vehicle surrounded the building after being alerted by the people, witnesses told dpa. The military put out the fire and called the attorney general's representatives to inspect the site and investiguer the incident.
The protesters believe that service personnel could have tried to destroy incriminating material from the era of President Hosni Mubarak. Activist groups have asked the military to suspend the controversial activities secret service, accused of violence that left more than 350 killed during the revolt that oust the regime.
The incident in Cairo was preceded by a similar one in the port city of Alexandria, where hundreds of protesters managed to enter in the morning to the headquarters of the Secret Service to prevent the alleged burning of records. 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. 
The protesters chanted slogans such as "Where is freedom between us and the State Security?" and "All the people said enough is enough, state security must be trampled." This initiative comes POCE after opening an investigation into a fire at the headquarters of the Secret Service and could be related to attempts to burn incriminating records of the Mubarak era.
Hundreds of people gathered today in front of the building in the southwest of the capital when they noticed the smoke coming out of the place. Three tanks and a military police vehicle surrounded the building after being alerted by the people, witnesses told dpa. The military put out the fire and called the attorney general's representatives to inspect the site and investiguer the incident.
The protesters believe that service personnel could have tried to destroy incriminating material from the era of President Hosni Mubarak. Activist groups have asked the military to suspend the controversial activities secret service, accused of violence that left more than 350 killed during the revolt that oust the regime.
The incident in Cairo was preceded by a similar one in the port city of Alexandria, where hundreds of protesters managed to enter in the morning to the headquarters of the Secret Service to prevent the alleged burning of records. 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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