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Thousands of Egyptian police go on strike

Oct. 24, 2011 07:59 AM

Associated Press

CAIRO - Thousands of Egyptian police have launched a nationwide strike to demand better salaries and a purge of former regime officials from senior security posts.

Some 1,000 lower-ranking policemen rallied in front of the Interior Ministry in central Cairo on Monday to push their demands, including a 200 percent raise. They also called for an end to trials of policemen in military tribunals.

Some of the officers waved banners reading "Good treatment equals better service."

Another banner called for "Purging the ministry of the mafia and the remnants of el-Adly," a reference to former Interior Minister Habib el-Adly, who is on trial over the killings of protesters during the uprising that toppled former President Hosni Mubarak.

Outside Cairo, policemen blocked main roads and shut down police stations.

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