Clashes erupt around Cairo's Tahrir Square (which is retaken by activists demanding Mubarak's trial)

[Turborama]

Source: Al Jazeera English

Evan Hill Last Modified: April 09 2011 07:43 GMT -

Hundreds of protesters demanding that Hosni Mubarak, the former Egyptian president, be put on trial for alleged corruption, have retaken Cairo's iconic Tahrir Square, hours after security forces attempted to disperse them.

By 7am (local time) on Saturday morning, army and central security troops appeared to have withdrawn, leaving the square to protesters who set vehicles on fire and began setting up barricades made of furniture and left-behind barbed wire.

Hundreds of army and security forces troops had stormed the square earlier, in an attempt to disperse the thousands of protesters.

In scenes reminiscent of the violent 18-day uprising that ousted longtime President Mubarak in February, protesters and riot police threw rocks at each other, and security forces responded by firing tear gas, witnesses said.

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Despite Iran's disinformation station Press TV trying to use it as anti-Isarel propaganda, the demonstration on Friday was actually about frustrations at the length of time it's taking to bring the former dictatorship to justice.