| 5,561,515 |
30.00808 |
31.21093 |
Egypt |
|
Police use tear gas and water cannons on 2,000 protesters assembled outside a mosque near Giza Square in the center of the city. |
| 5,561,518 |
30.05 |
31.25 |
Egypt |
|
Opposition leader, Mohamed El Baradei, is placed under house arrest by security forces. |
| 5,561,527 |
30.2226 |
30.97172 |
Egypt |
|
A human rights worker is killed during a prison riot. |
| 5,561,535 |
30.05 |
31.25 |
Egypt |
|
Prisoners escape from four Cairo prisons when hordes of armed gangs attack the guards in an effort to free their fellow members. Police are able to arrest a few of the escapees. "Dozens" dead, 1,000 escape. |
| 5,561,538 |
30.05 |
31.25 |
Egypt |
|
Anti-government protesters break into a state funded television station. |
| 5,561,542 |
31.2878 |
34.2369 |
Egypt |
|
Anti-government rioters kill three police officers. |
| 5,561,546 |
31.25654 |
32.28412 |
Egypt |
|
Demonstrators killed during clashes with authorities. |
| 5,561,550 |
31.03637 |
31.38069 |
Egypt |
|
Demonstrators killed during clashes with authorities. |
| 5,561,554 |
30.00808 |
31.21093 |
Egypt |
|
Demonstrators killed during clashes with authorities. |
| 5,561,558 |
29.97371 |
32.52627 |
Egypt |
|
On January 28, tens of thousands of demonstrators took to the streets of Alexandria, Suez, and Cairo, the capital. Police responded with tear gas, water cannons, rubber bullets, and live ammunition in an effort to prevent protesters from advancing towards the central squares of those cities. The Ministry of Health said 846 persons died during the protests in January and February. Most of these were killed on January 28 and 29. |
