CAIRO: More female protesters are reporting being hit and abused by military police during the ongoing clashes on Qasr al-Aini street on Friday. Military police dispersed the sit-in outside the Egyptian cabinet by attacking protesters and burning their tents down. Scores have been reportedly injured as soldiers continue to throw rocks and other objects from the rooftop of the cabinet building. Several photographs emerging from the violence show women being beaten by the military police. One fully-covered woman, wearing the niqab, was cornered and hit by batons on her head by three soldiers. Activists reported that another niqab woman was detained and soldiers tore her clothes off while beating and insulting her. The military arrested dozens of women protesters, including Samira Ibrahim, the only girl to file a lawsuit against the military council for the virginity tests earlier this year. Other female activists reported widespread violence. Two protesters were dragged from their hair while being detained and several others were beaten badly by police. Ghada Kamal, a member of the April 6 Youth Movement was reportedly beaten on the head with sticks and taken to a local hospital for treatment. Police also arrested Sanaa and Mona Seif, activists part of the No Military Trials group and sisters of detained blogger Alaa Abdel Fattah. BM ShortURL: http://goo.gl/JQjdd No related posts. Tags: Cabinet, featured, Protesters, SCAF, Violence Section: Egypt, Latest News, Women