Hundreds of people besieged the security directorate in Gharbiya’s Kafr El-Zayyat on Wednesday over the alleged disappearance of a woman in nearby Asdima village.
The woman, G.A, 24, a housewife, is believed to have disappeared on Tuesday afternoon after she did not return home from a trip to the market and her phone was turned off.
Clashes began earlier in the night when protesters blocked the Kafr El-Zayyat-Tanta railway with burning tires. The protesters were angry at the alleged inefficiency of the security forces in searching for the woman.
Protesters also blocked the main Alexandria-Cairo agricultural road, which prompted security forces to threaten to use tear gas to disperse them