small-scale riot in Ma’adi over police shooting

Ma’adi is a fairly swanky, tree-lined southern suburb of Cairo; many foreigners live there, as do a lot of Egyptians.

Apparently, earlier today in Ma’adi a police officer shot a microbus driver to death following an argument. Microbuses are a common means of transport here among the poor. And Egyptian police, you already know, are not currently at their height of popularity.

In retaliation, protestors set a police car on fire, also in Ma’adi.