Wednesday - August 14, 2013

armoured police vehicle was pushed off a bridge by protestors in Cairo today. PHOTOS

I’m not certain about the time difference in some places in the USA when I see this stuff.  I guess you may have already seen it all on TV. Depending on what time zone you’re in.
Anyway ....  I thought this worth posting.  I couldn’t help thinking if this kind of thing was impossible here in the west.  How bad will things get before it does?
Chilling to think about.

Tons and tons of full screen photos at the link although quite a few are duplicates.

Horrifying moment Egyptian protestors pushed an armoured police van 50ft off a bridge before officers were stoned by mob

The van was pushed off the 6th of October Bridge in the Egyptian capital of Cairo during clashes

After it landed, protesters attacked it and threw stones at the wreckage while under fire from police

Not clear how many people were on board or their injuries although reports claim on Twitter that five died

149 people have died across country after security forces raided camps set up by ousted Morsi supporters

Sky cameraman Mick Deane, a 61 year old father of two, was shot and killed as he reported on the violence

By BECKY EVANS

This is the horrifying moment an armoured police vehicle was pushed off a bridge by protestors in Cairo today. 

Video footage shows the van plunging off the 6th October Bridge before demonstrators attacked the wreckage. It is not known if how many people were on board and how many people survived the fall, but disturbing images shows bloodied men lying around the van moments afterwards.

Unconfirmed reports claimed five officers were killed. As violence across the capital escalated, Egypt announced a month-long state of emergency across the nation on state TV from 2pm. More than 1,400 people have been injured nationwide and the government said 149 were dead.

One of those was Sky cameraman Mick Deane, who was covering clashes between security forces and protectors, was shot dead this morning. Mr Deane, 61, who was married with two sons, was with Middle East correspondent Sam Kiley when he was shot.

Meanwhile Egypt’s vice president and pro-reform leader Mohamed ElBaradei resigned in protest at the raids saying he would not be held responsible for a ‘single drop of blood’.

SOME TEXT BUT MOSTLY PHOTOS. SOURCE, DAILY MAIL

FRIDAY 16 AUGUST UPDATE

New footage shows driver of armoured car ‘pushed off bridge’ by angry Egyptian protesters actually reversed over the edge

NEW VIDEO SHOWS CAR BACKING UP

Posted by peiper     on 08/14/2013 at 01:19 PM   
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