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In pictures: Violence at the Nile City Towers

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Last updated: December 25, 2012 5:47 am
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Black smoke rises from burning cars as Egyptian firefighters and bystanders try to extinguish several cars that caught on fire outside the Nile City Towers during clashes on August 2, 2012 (photo: AFP /GIANLUIGI GUERCIA)
Black smoke rises from burning cars as Egyptian firefighters and bystanders try to extinguish several cars that caught on fire outside the Nile City Towers during clashes on August 2, 2012 (photo: AFP /GIANLUIGI GUERCIA)

Violent clashes broke out at the Fairmont Nile City Towers in the Boulaq area near downtown Cairo today. The interior and emergency doors to the towers were sealed off until Central Security forces arrived to disperse the crowd. In the ensuing violence approximately ten cars were burned, as well as several motorcycles in the Nile City Tower’s parking lot. For more details, please read: http://thedailynewsegypt.com/2012/08/02/violence-erupts-at-nile-city-towers/

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