The World - News from March 2, 1986
Diehard Egyptian security force mutineers remained entrenched at barracks on the outskirts of Cairo, holding out against troops trying to dislodge them. The rebels are in the Heliopolis suburb near Cairo airport, at police barracks. Regular army officers, whose troops encircle the camps, told reporters that there had been no exchange of fire with the rebels. But they said the rebels opened fire on their own officers who were trying to subdue them.
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