Gunmen attacked police stations in three different cities on Tuesday, freeing scores of detainees from jail. One person was killed in the attacks and seven others wounded.
Residents helped the police defend the stations by forming human shields around them, chanting slogans such as, “The police and the people are one.” However, the detainees managed to set several police stations on fire and succeeded in escaping.
In Cairo, gunmen exchanged fire with the police force at the Al-Sahel Police Station. They managed to free 88 detainees, while a police officer was shot in the leg. However, the popular committees of the area managed to re-arrest 25 of them.
In Giza, 54 detainees managed to escape from the Al-Badrashein Police Station, while in Daqahliya, 120 gunmen exchanged fire with the policemen of the Dekernis Police Station.
Translated from the Arabic Edition
