EGYPT: Group of protesters set fire to the campaign headquarters of presidential candidate Ahmed Shafiq

Record ID: 860124

  • Title: EGYPT: Group of protesters set fire to the campaign headquarters of presidential candidate Ahmed Shafiq
  • Date: 29th May 2012
  • Summary: CAIRO, EGYPT (MAY 28, 2012) (REUTERS) ( NIGHT SCENES ) FIRETRUCK OUTSIDE OF HEADQUARTERS OF PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE AHMED SHAFIQ ELECTION BROCHURES OF SHAFIQ SCATTERED ON GROUND SHAFIQ HEADQUARTERS WITH SUPPORTERS OUTSIDE SHAFIQ SUPPORTERS CHANTING, SAYING: 'THERE IS NO GOD BUT GOD, AND AHMED SHAFIQ WE ARE BEHIND YOU' AND 'WE WON'T GIVE UP' CLOSE ON SHAFIQ SUPPORTERS CHANTING SAYING - 'THE PEOPLE CHOSE AHMED SHAFIQ!' FIRETRUCKS OUTSIDE HEADQUARTERS (SOUNDBITE) (Arabic) VOLUNTEER FOR CAMPAIGN OF PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE, AHMED SHAFIQ, SAYING: "What happened is that some thugs arrived, who knows who they were, and they set fire to our storage. I don't know why. I mean, the ballot box should decide. What are they afraid of? The ballot box should decide." WIDE OF SHAFIQ SUPPORTERS CHANTING, SAYING - 'WITH OUR BLOOD AND SOULS WE WILL SACRIFICE FOR YOU SHAFIQ' FIREMEN STANDING BY OPEN FIRETRUCK WITH WATER PUMP INSIDE VARIOUS OF SHAFIQ CAMPAIGN BROCHURES SCATTERED ON GROUND WIDE OF STREET WHERE HEADQUARTERS IS LOCATED WITH FIRETRUCKS ON IT
  • Embargoed: 13th June 2012 13:00
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  • Location: Egypt
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  • Country: Egypt
  • Topics: Crime,Politics
  • Reuters ID: LVA3DFBWE5GJUXE2E2RUNZCF2CVK
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  • Story Text: A group of Egyptian protesters set fire to the campaign headquarters of presidential candidate Ahmed Shafiq in Cairo on Monday (May 28), the state news agency reported, after the ex-prime minister made it into the second round of the vote.
    The privately-owned Al-Hayat channel broadcast images of a the fire at Shafiq's campaign office in the Cairo district of Dokki, saying it had been caused by a group of protesters. It said there were no injuries.
    Shafiq was Hosni Mubarak's last prime minister and his success in the first round of the presidential vote has angered protesters who regard him as a symbol of the deposed president's rule. Shafiq will face the Muslim Brotherhood's Mohamed Mursi in the June 16-17 run-off.
    The state news agency MENA said a group of protesters had broken into the campaign office and vandalised it before setting it ablaze.
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