Egypt protesters encircle presidential palace
- Published: 4 Dec 2012 at 18.47
- Online news: World
Tens of thousands of Egyptian demonstrators encircled the presidential palace Tuesday after riot police failed to keep them at bay with tear gas, in a growing crisis over President Mohamed Morsi's decree widening his powers.
An Egyptian woman prays in front of Egyptian security officers as they lay out barbed wire along streets leading to the presidential palace in Heliopolis, Cairo. Tens of thousands of demonstrators Tuesday encircled the presidential palace after riot police failed to keep them at bay with tear gas, in a growing crisis over President Mohamed Morsi's decree widening his powers.
The protesters cut through barbed wire a few hundred metres (yards) from the palace, prompting police to fire the tear gas before retreating and allowing demonstrators to reach the palace walls, AFP correspondents said.
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