Egyptian protestors have firebombed Al Jazeera's Cairo office over what they deemed to be biased media coverage.
Protestors targeted the TV studio in Tahrir Square and accused the network of being biased towards the country's most powerful political party: the Muslim Brotherhood.
“At about 11 o'clock a group of protesters gathered near the office,” said Al Jazeera employee, Abdulla Ebeid. “They started to throw rocks at us and after all the windows were broken they threw a Molotov inside the studio so that it caught on fire.”
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Inside employees took stock of the damage and the equipment lost after another night of violent protests.
More than 100 people have been arrested. Dozens wounded in three days of protests aimed at ending the country's military rule under president Mohamed Morsi, in place since former president Hosni Mubarak resigned almost a year ago.
"Nothing has changed compared to Mubarak's era,” says one protestor “Mubarak attacked the protesters and here is Morsi attacking the protesters. What's the difference? What has changed in the country?"
Demonstrations began peacefully as protestors demanded retribution for protesters killed by police here a year ago. But it quickly turned violent.
Protesters threw stones inside a building to intimidate security forces thought to be there.
"What we are doing is not wrong. We are just defending our rights. This is our country and we have to protect it. Also, the Ministry of Interior has not changed."
The government has released a statement condemning the violence here and vowing to restore security.
