The Interior Ministry has moved detainees and arms from police stations as a precautionary measure before Friday’s million-strong demonstration that will be held under the slogan “Reclaiming the Revolution.”
The minister also ordered Police Academy cadets to return to their dorms 24 hours later so as to avoid probable clashes with demonstrators. The ministry building is to be secured from the inside, with only a few guards outside it, for the same purpose.
Other vital institutions, such as the Israeli Embassy and the Giza Security Directorate, will be heavily secured.
“We have released 680 prisoners on parole to make room for those who have been moved from detention facilities,” said Major Mohamed Elewa, media spokesman of the Prison Authority.
Translated from the Arabic Edition
