Egypt begins demolishing Mubarak party HQ

An Egyptian worker sprays water during the demolition of the headquarters of the once-dominant party of ex-president Hosni Mubarak that was torched during the 2011 uprising that toppled him, on May 31, 2015 in the capital, Cairo. -AFP

CAIRO: Egypt on Sunday began tearing down the headquarters of the once-dominant party of ex-president Hosni Mubarak that was torched during the 2011 uprising that toppled him.

Demolition workers, using cranes and bulldozers, began razing the four-storey headquarters of Mubarak’s National Democratic Party (NDP) located on the Nile in central Cairo.