Egyptian forces demolish homes with residents inside

Two children were killed and three injuring after Egyptian security forces demolished several buildings in Cairo yesterday; eye witnesses claimed.

The Egyptian army and police forces are said to have used explosives to remove the illegal residential buildings which stood behind the Constitutional Court in Al-Maadi neighbourhood.

The residents set fire to trees and tyres in protest against the security forces’ brutality against them.

A journalist told local media that the Egyptian security forces justified the incident saying “we have tried to get them [the residents] out, but they refused”.