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Two killed in clashes in Damietta over factory saga
At least three others injured in clashes between police and protesters angered by the polluting Mobco-Agrium factory
Hatem Maher Published in Ahram Online on 13 - 11 - 2011

Large-scale clashes between protesters and police have left two people dead and three injured in Damietta governorate Sunday.
People angry at the government's failure to relocate the controversial Agrium factory out of Damietta port were confronted by police in the latest wave of violence to hit Egypt. Clashes erupted at dawn in the delta city.
Protesters said their complaints that the Canadian-owned factory is polluting the city fell on deaf ears, with the government reluctant to take any measures to meet their concerns.
State news agency MENA earlier reported that Sunday's clashes left one dead and three wounded after demonstrators blocked the Damietta port and almost all roads in the city.
“The police and army killed Islam Abdallah, I have just seen his body after he was killed,” eye witness Ahmed Omar told Ahram Online.
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