Posted by Jim Hoft on Monday, October 10, 2011, 4:46 AM
From the Al Arabia TV Channel: Egyptian army vehicles ran over Coptic Christian protesters in Cairo yesterday.
The Copts were protesting violence against Christians.
The Associated Press reported on this incident yesterday.
The Christian protesters said their demonstration began as a peaceful attempt to sit in at the television building. But then, they said they came under attack by thugs in plainclothes who rained stones down on them and fired pellets.
“The protest was peaceful. We wanted to hold a sit-in, as usual,” said Essam Khalili, a protester wearing a white shirt with a cross drawn on it. “Thugs attacked us and a military vehicle jumped over a sidewalk and ran over at least 10 people. I saw them.”
Wael Roufail, another protester, corroborated the account.
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