CAIRO: 384 people were killed and 6,467 injured during the eighteen days of Egypt's January 25 Revolution, according to figures from the Egyptian Ministry of Health. Sameh Farid, Egypt's Minister of Health, announced the numbers on Tuesday. “The latest count, based on information from hospitals and health offices, has shown that 384 were killed while 6,467 have been treated for injuries in hospitals,” Farid said in a statement. However, he added that a final death toll is yet to be announced. According to human rights groups, hundreds are still missing since the outbreak of the protests on January 25. In the same context, Egyptian Prime Minister Ahmed Shafiq has given orders to governors to name streets after the martyrs of the January 25 Revolution. Shafiq assigned governors to rename the streets where each martyr lived after them in appreciation of their role in the historical uprising against the government. In related news, the national fact finding committee in charge of investigating police violence during the uprising against the Egyptian regime said on Tuesday that police deliberately opened fire on anti-government demonstrators, both with rubber bullets and live ammunition. The committee noted that police armored vehicles deliberately ran over demonstrators in the streets of the capital during the demonstrations, and that there were indications that hired pro-government thugs were directed to attack demonstrators in Tahrir Square on February 2. Most indications suggest businessmen from the formerly ruling National Democratic Party hired the thugs. BM
