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Angry protesters set fire at Shafiq's campaign HQ
Last Updated(Beijing Time):2012-05-29 07:59

? Dozens of protesters set fire Monday night at headquarters of Ahmed Shafiq's campaign in Cairo.

? Shafiq, who used to be prime minister of Hosni Mubarak, ranked second in the first round of poll.

? No casualties were reported. A number of suspects were arrested, MENA reported.

Dozens of angry protesters who didn't want to see a new Egyptian president from the former leadership set fire Monday night at the headquarters of Ahmed Shafiq's campaign Dokki district in the Egyptian capital of Cairo.

Shafiq, who used to be the prime minister of ousted President Hosni Mubarak, ranked second in the first round of Egypt's historical presidential poll.

Thousands of activists flocked to Cairo's Tahrir square to show their anger over the final results of the elections which took place last week, demanding the authority to disqualify Shafiq's candidacy.

Some protestors smashed the content of the headquarter building and set it ablaze, official news agency MENA reported.

Around 11:30 p.m. (2130 GMT), firefighters managed to put out the fire. No casualties were reported. A number of suspects were arrested, MENA reported.

Chairman of the Higher Presidential Election Commission (HPEC), Farouk Sultan, told a press conference here on Monday that among the 12 candidates, Muslim Brotherhood's candidate Mohamed Morsi and Shafiq led the contest, garnering 5.765 million and 5.505 million votes respectively.

Source:Xinhua 
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