Members of the Egyptian police special forces stand guard on Cairo’s landmark Tahrir Square on January 25, 2016 (AFP)CAIRO – 25 January 2018: The reason January 25 is Police Day in Egypt dates back to 1952 when 50 policemen were killed and 80 were wounded in Ismailia by the British colonization. The massacre was the spark of the revolution that ended the monarchy in Egypt on July 23 of the same year.Few months before the incident, the armed struggle against the British camps and soldiers culminated, resulting in huge losses. Six years ago, the day witnessed a revolution as well.Millions of Egyptians took to the streets in the January 25 Revolution that lasted over 18 days in 2011. Only patriotic slogans were chanted without mentioning any parties or ideological slogans.The date marking the historic uprising, which protested police brutality, coincides with the Police Day. The protests were organized by the “We are all Khaled Said” Facebook page named after a torture victim in Alexandria.

Source: Egypt Today January 25, 2018 14:03 UTC