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A mix of Salafi and revolutionary youth activists try to take cover behind makeshift shields as they battle Egyptian security forces, lobbing large stones and chunks of concrete during May 4, 2012 demonstrations against the ruling Supreme Council of the Armed Forces (SCAF) near the Defense ministry building in the Abbasiya district of Cairo. Close to 300 people were injured in the clashes, one killed, and an estimated 300 people arrested by the military.

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Abbasiya march and clashes
A mix of Salafi and revolutionary youth activists try to take cover behind makeshift shields as they battle Egyptian security forces, lobbing large stones and chunks of concrete during May 4, 2012 demonstrations against the ruling Supreme Council of the Armed Forces (SCAF) near the Defense ministry building in the Abbasiya district of Cairo. Close to 300 people were injured in the clashes, one killed, and an estimated 300 people arrested by the military.