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Source: http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-egypt-protests-20120503,0,6756130.story
Attack on Protesters in Egypt Leaves 22 Dead
(Los Angeles Times) Jeffrey Fleishman and Amro Hassan - At least 22 people were killed Wednesday when unknown attackers armed with guns and firebombs clashed with protesters near Egypt's Defense Ministry in Cairo. Police did not intervene for hours, and authorities said as many as 200 people were wounded. The protesters at the Defense Ministry were a mix of supporters of Hazem Salah abu Ismail, an ultraconservative Islamist preacher recently disqualified from the presidential race, and activists and young revolutionaries opposed to the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces (SCAF).