The page of the "youth bloc" had this to say about the opposition demonstration: Violent confrontations between the police and coordinators of the youth opposition group known as "the torch" have occurred in the area around the Ibn Abass Mosque while the demonstrators made their way to the ministry of the interior close to the presidential palace. Mohamed Ghulam Ould al-Hajj fainted during the confrontation and had to be rushed to hospital, as well as the Mayor of Guerou who also fell unconscious.