Eleven people were killed and more than 160 injured near Egypt's Ministry of Defence (MOD) on May 2, 2012, after protesters demanding an end to military rule were attacked by armed men. The protestors had been conducting a sit-in over a period of days outside the MOD in the Abbassiya area of Cairo, and included many supporters of Salafi politician Hazem Salah Abu Ismail who were protesting his exclusion from the forthcoming presidential elections. The following is an eye-witness account [ar] by blogger Bassem Zakaria El-Samragy, who was at the sit-in. Bassem writes: Clashes between thugs and protesters, by Abbassiya metro station. Image by Twitter user @adamakary. Wounded and bloodied being carried away from Abbassiya. Image by Twitter user @sharifkouddous. This post is part of our special coverage Egypt Elections 2011/12.