Egyptian police dispersed a demonstration in Abdel-Moneim Riyad Square on Friday, held to protest last week's court ruling clearing ousted president Hosni Mubarak of charges that he had conspired to kill protesters in 2011. Police used batons to disperse demonstrators, several of whom were arrested at random, eyewitnesses reported. The
Egypt Security Forces Disperse Anti-Mubarak Rallies After Closing Tahrir Square
Saturday’s ruling exonerating Mubarak angered many Egyptians, with some relatives of slain protesters, as hundreds took to the streets near Tahrir Square and blocked it to traffic to protest the autocrat’s acquittal and demand “retribution.”