Egyptians’ Gathering To Mark Eruption Of Violence Last Year Turns Into Violent Street Demonstration

Egyptians participate in a protest marking the first anniversary of the Mohamed Mahmoud street incidents near Tahrir Square in Cairo, Egypt, Nov. 19, 2012. On Nov. 19, 2011, several days ahead of the historic parliamentary elections, violence erupted across the country. The most notable incident was a demonstration in the Mohamed Mahmoud street heading to Tahrir, in which 41 were killed and some 180 policemen, including 51 officers, were wounded. <Xinhua/STR>

Egyptian medics help a wounded protester during clashes with security forces, not pictured, in Cairo, Egypt, Monday, Nov. 19, 2012. Hundreds of Egyptian protesters and security forces on Monday hurled stones at each other in Cairo, while police rained tear gas as protesters were commemorating last year’s fierce street clashes that left 42 dead in a street that became an icon of the revolution. <AP/Mohammed Asad>