Egypt protesters mark anniversary of brutally supressed protest Hundreds of protesters on Wednesday marked the second anniversary of clashes outside Egypt's state television and radio headquarters, known as the Maspero building, close to Tahrir Square. On 9 October 2011, thousands of demonstrators marched from to denounce the torching of a Coptic Christian church in the southern province of Aswan. Around 30 people, many of them Christians, were killed when the demonstration was violently supressed by security forces. Images.