(UTV|COLOMBO) – Tear gas has been fired to disperse demonstrators in Egypt, at some of the first protests since President Abdul Fattah al-Sisi took power in 2014.
Hundreds of Egyptians filled Tahrir Square in Cairo – a key site of the 2011 Egyptian Revolution – demanding his resignation.
Demonstrations also took place elsewhere around the country.
The protests were in response to corruption allegations against President Sisi’s government.
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