Looking more and more like the 1979 Iranian Islamic Revolution.
Sounds of gunshots were heard in the streets of central Cairo on Friday evening after the government imposed a curfew following a day of violent protests when police fired rubber bullets and teargas.
Protesters clashed in Kasr el-Aini street near parliament, the prime minister’s downtown office and other government buildings, a witness said. There were more than 1,000 demonstrators and thick smoke in that area.
The headquarters of the ruling National Democratic Party were set ablaze in Cairo shortly after a curfew came into force, live footage carried by Al Jazeera television showed.
State television confirmed the building was set on fire.
Meanwhile, tanks arrived on the streets of the eastern Egyptian city of Suez on Friday night in front of the charred remains of a police station set alight the night before, a Reuters witness said.
Dozens of protesters climbed on the tanks, said the Reuters witness who saw at least five tanks. They tried to talk to soldiers who tried to wave them off. One tank had about 25 protesters on it, he said.
Residents told Reuters that soldiers opened fire on the protesters on the tanks. It was not immediately possible to confirm their reports.