Unknown Assailants Firebomb Arab League Headquarters

Unknown assailants attacked the Arab League headquarters in downtown Cairo late Tuesday evening, state-run media reported.

Al-Ahram newspaper said on its website that two individuals hurled Molotov cocktails at a building, setting one window ablaze, and then ran away. The report added that security forces put out the fire and no injuries were reported.

Eyewitnesses said the attackers were riding motorcycles coming from nearby Tahrir Square and the incident occurred shortly after a quarrel at the square, the report added.

Egypt Independent