(Recasts with state news agency report)
CAIRO, May 28 (Reuters) – A group of Egyptian protesters set
fire to the campaign headquarters of presidential candidate
Ahmed Shafiq in Cairo on Monday, the state news agency reported,
after the ex-prime minister made it into the second round of the
vote.
The privately-owned Al-Hayat channel broadcast images of a
the fire at Shafiq’s campaign office in the Cairo district of
Dokki, saying it had been caused by a group of protesters. It
said there were no injuries.
Shafiq was Hosni Mubarak’s last prime minister and his
success in the first round of the presidential vote has angered
protesters who regard him as a symbol of the deposed president’s
rule. Shafiq will face the Muslim Brotherhood’s Mohamed Mursi in
the June 16-17 run-off.
The state news agency MENA said a group of protesters had
broken into the campaign office and vandalised it before setting
it ablaze.
(Writing by Tom Perry; Editing by Mark Heinrich)
