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EGYPT-CAIRO - FEMALE PROTESTERS BRUTALLY BEATEN

 

Brutal: Egyptian army soldiers drag this woman on the ground and kick her in the chest

Egypt's security forces attack a woman in Tahrir Square Photo: REUTERS

 

Female protester's beating sparks Egypt outrage - Protesters clashed with Egypt's security forces in central Cairo after the humiliating police beating of a veiled woman in Tahrir Square triggered widespread outrage in the country's pro-democracy movement.

 

18 Dec 2011 - At least ten people have been killed in three days of violence as Egypt's generals launched a clumsy and often brutal attempt to end weeks of protests against their rule.

Amid the fresh bloodshed and chaos that turned the centre of the city once more into a familiar scene of mayhem and anger, one incident, captured on film, stoked tensions more than any other.

Footage, widely broadcast on the internet, showed helmeted officers charging towards a veiled woman among the protesters in Tahrir Square earlier in the weekend. Dragging her along the ground, they beat her with their clubs and aimed kick after kick at her limp body.

Pulling her veil over her head to expose her bra, one man stamps on her breasts. Nearby, other security officers jump on the body of a man who had tried to help her as furious protesters throw stones to scare them off. Other footage showed an army officer apparently firing his pistol at the demonstrators.

The Egyptian army, which has faced heavy criticism for the manner in which it has managed the country's transition since the overthrow of Hosni Mubarak in February, did its best to prevent the footage coming out. Houses around Tahrir Square were raided and cameras seized. A number of reporters had their equipment confiscated.