(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});

Five protesters have been killed in violence in Cairo's Tahrir Square overnight, Egypt's health minister has said.

New Clashes In Cairo As Protests Continue Play video Report: Three Protesters Shot Dead In Cairo.


Health minister Samih Farid told state television: "Most of the casualties were the result of stone throwing and attacks with metal rods and sticks.

"At dawn today there were gunshots. The real casualties taken to hospital were 836, of which 86 are still in hospital and there are five dead."

Around 2,000 protesters barricaded Tahrir Square overnight against supporters of the Egyptian president.

Sky News chief correspondent Stuart Ramsay, speaking from Cairo, said: "It's been violent all night.

"There was very heavy gunfire that lasted for the best part of an hour.

"There were Molotov cocktails going back and forth all night."

Ramsay said the protesters feared the coming hours.

"The rumour is that there will be an attempt to move them from the square today," he said.

At least three people died and more than 1,500 were injured in running battles between the two camps yesterday afternoon.

The violence in Cairo followed several days of peaceful demonstrations.

Supporters of Mr Mubarak, who said on Tuesday he would not seek re-election in September, entered Tahrir Square and confronted pro-democracy protesters who are calling on the president to stand down immediately.

Tens of thousands of protesters on both sides took part in the stand-off in the square, armed with sticks, rocks and iron bars and reports of lynchings were widespread.

Soldiers were heard firing warning shots but the army held back from intervening.

Dozens of petrol bombs were thrown as the chaos extended beyond the square and tear gas was fired at anti-Mubarak protesters.

There were also unconfirmed reports of supporters of Mr Mubarak dropping concrete blocks on anti-government demonstrators.

Political analyst Mamoun Fandy told Sky News that Egypt has reached a "watershed moment" and was in danger of descending into civil war if the two sets of protesters decided to take up arms.

Prime Minster David Cameron and UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon used strong language in their condemnation of the violence, calling for President Mubarak to go immediately.

Egyptian vice-president Omar Suleiman has urged the demonstrators to leave the centre of Cairo.

But an opposition coalition, which includes the Islamist Muslim Brotherhood, is calling for more protests to force Mr Mubarak from office.

Some 145 people have been killed so far in protests that have swept across the country.

Protests are planned in Yemen today, another Arab country that has found itself at the centre of a populist drive for democracy.

Its long-time president Ali Abdullah Saleh said he would not seek re-election as he tried to defuse support for today's planned "day of rage" rally.[/B][/CENTER]

Video: You must login or register to view this content.

Source: You must login or register to view this content.

Where is the world going to?!
Almost end of the world...

Well im almost gonna drive a car so yay.
I hope I can still made that=D

Nice post:y:
You always make good threads, like the vbux thread.:y:

I hate both. They made my country look Horrible.

Just have seen on TV in the Netherlands, that Vodafone a mobile carrier, sent a text message to all people in egypt. To help the demonstrate against Mubarak...
This is so bad.. War is going to start.

I told you the army would take sides soon enough..

I got it but from another mobile carrier.

---------- Post added at 12:31 PM ---------- Previous post was at 12:30 PM ----------



Army will not betray Mubarak, count on my words.