Gunmen stormed a base for international forces in N Sinai Armed protesters broke into a base belonging to the international forces in North Sinai, and exchanged fire with the international forces that were stationed inside the camp on Friday. Security sources and eyewitnesses said that an Egyptian citizen was wounded during the fire exchange that took place between the two sides, and he was transferred to El Sheikh Zuwaid Hospital for treatment.
The sources added that the protesters set a guard tower on fire after they passed the barbed wire surrounding the base, while others held a black flag written on it, “No God but Allah.”
The sources confirmed that two Colombian soldiers were injured and the protesters burned a guard tower and a car inside the base.
An eyewitness said that the protesters burned rubber tyres in front of the entrance of the base that belongs to the Multinational Force and Observers (MFO) in Sinai. They chanted slogans confirming their love to God's Prophet.
Eight-hundred American officers and soldiers of the peacekeeping troops exist in the base. The total number of the peacekeeping troops in Sinai is 1400 soldiers and officers from 14 different countries.
The Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt withdrew its call to protest after the Friday prayer in all areas in the country, against the film.
Secretary General of the Muslim Brotherhood, Mahmoud Hussien, said in a statement: “Due to the developments of the events in the last two days, the group decided to symbolically participate in the demonstration in Tahrir square so that our full participation will not lead to further damages or victims like what had happened in previous times.”
Violent clashes took place on Tuesday between demonstrators and security forces in the vicinity of the American embassy in Cairo.
The Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi, considered the offensive movie as a tool to distract the attention from the real problems in the Middle East. Morsi denounced at the same time the violent acts that prevailed the whole region.
In a letter to the New York Times, the Brotherhood’s deputy leader Khairat al Shater said: “We cannot hold America and its people responsible for the film.”
There were a number of Copts and members from the Coptic movement who organised a protest in front of the Cathedral of St. Mark in Abbasyia, to condemn and reject any insult against any religion. They stressed the importance of following the concept of Christianity which calls for love and tolerance and mutual coexistence with Muslims.
Meanwhile, the Ministry of Health and Housing declared that the demonstrations in Tahrir square had been secured by 42 ambulances stationed in Abdel Moneim Riad Square, Simon Bolivar, the Arab League and its surroundings.