Print Report
August 24, 2005 Clip No. 830

Egyptian Presidential Candidate Ayman Nur Takes a Dive in an Elections Rally

The following are excerpts from footage of a rally held by Egyptian presidential candidate Ayman Nur, which aired on Al Jazeera TV and Nile News on August 24, 2005.

Ayman Nur on Al-Jazeera TV:I'm not going around in a helicopter...

(Stage collapses)

[...]

Reporter on Nile News:The crowd was surprised by the collapse of the stage just as he climbed up on it this caused him to fall underneath it. He suffered minor injuries to the back of this head. Another of the party leaders suffered multiple injuries.

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