Al-Jazeera Egypt Raided by Security Forces

Variety Staff

July 3, 2013 at 6:56 PM

Al Jazeera’s Cairo offices were raided by security forces on Wednesday hours after the army overthrew Islamist President Mohamed Mursi.

“Reports from our correspondents say this happened during a live broadcast when security forces stormed the building and arrested the presenter, guests and producers,” the network said in a statement.

The following video, originally highlighted by @efleischer, shows the moment it happened.

Here u can hear the moment #AlJazeera studio in #Egypt gets stormed during army coup: youtu.be/cRj2cw5Q7L4—
Haris Alisic (@HarisAlisic) July 03, 2013

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