Egypt Lawyers Protest after Clashes with Police

Egyptian lawyers protested on Saturday outside a police station in northern Cairo a day after clashes there left a dozen people injured, a security official said.

The clashes were sparked by a confrontation between a lawyer and a policeman inside the Nasr City police station, a row that quickly escalated as more policemen and lawyers arrived at the scene.

The lawyers' syndicate has staged a sit-in and said the protest will continue and policemen will be denied legal representation until the officers involved in the fracas face criminal charges.

The interior ministry said it regretted the events, and the minister has ordered an immediate investigation into the matter, the official said.