A security force of Giza security directorate surrounds the office of presidential candidate Mortada Mansour in Ahmed Orabi street to arrest him as per a court order from Cairo Criminal Court.

The court ordered the arrest of Mansour and his son after they had been absent from the court sessions in the case of killing protesters in Tahrir square, also known as the “Camel Battle”, which includes 24 defendants.

Scores of Mansour’s supporters gathered in front of his office to prevent the security force from making the arrest and chanted slogans supporting him which caused traffic to be nearly blocked in Orabi street, the Middle East News Agency reported.