UPDATED: Police Fire Teargas At Anti-Military, Anti Brotherhood Protesters In Tahrir

Police forces stationed near the Arab League headquarters, just west of Tahrir Square, fired teargas at a group of anti-military, anti-Brotherhood protesters who had launced fireworks in the direction of security forces, Ahram Online reporter at the scene said.

Meanwhile, scuffles broke out in the evening hours between supporters of the army and their opponents in Abdel-Moneim Riad Square on the edges of Tahrir Square on Tuesday evening.

At the time of publication, protesters were reportedly pelting each other with stones and had disrupted traffic in the area near the 6 October Bridge.

Several limited scuffles had taken place on Tuesday in the same area – the vicinity of Tahrir Square – as hundreds of protesters converged on Tahrir to commemorate the deadly clashes in Mohamed Mahmoud Street in 2011.

The majority of Tahrir protesters oppose both the military and the Muslim Brotherhood. Pro-army groups had attempted to protest in the square, before they were driven out by opposing protesters. Islamist groups, who also oppose the military, were also driven out by the Tahrir protesters when they attempted to join the demonstrations.

Some 47 people were killed and at least 3,000 injured in days of clashes beginning on 19 November 2011 between anti-military protesters and security forces.

At the time, the Muslim Brotherhood and their Islamist allies denounced the protesters, accusing them of trying to disrupt the parliamentary elections which were scheduled to start a week later.

The clashes took place while the country was being governed by the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces, following president Hosni Mubarak’s ouster in February 2011.

Source : Ahram