Fatal Egypt Clashes Fuel Investor Concern Before First Vote
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Mohammed Mohsen waded through the protesters in Tahrir Square as they fought with police in deadly clashes. Briefcase in hand and a surgical mask on his face against the tear gas, Mohsen wasn’t in the square to protest. He was trying to get to his job at a downtown Cairo medical lab.
“This paralyzes our lives,” he said yesterday, pointing to protesters, some wielding sticks as they fled the gas. “People will see these images playing out on satellite channels. Then the investors who we’ve been pleading with to return will stay away.”