CAIRO: Tear gas continued to pour down on protesters in Egypt's Tahrir Square. Rubber bullets pelted demonstrators, with more and more injuries being reported in what has turned into a 24-hour long uprising against police and the military junta in the country. According to the most recent numbers from the health ministry, over 920 people have been injured since Saturday, when police began using force in an attempt to remove demonstrators from the iconic square. At least three people have died, two in Alexandria and one in Cairo as a result of the violence, being shot by live ammunition. On Saturday, while the situation in the square had calmed somewhat, according to reports and eyewitnesses on the ground, police have taken positions near the ministry of interior headquarters and “do not have the numbers” to take on Tahrir, where thousands of people are flocking toward in a similar fashion as to the beginning of the January 25 uprising that ousted former President Hosni Mubarak. Late on Saturday night, activists on the ground reported scores of people arriving with knives and other “light weapons,” ready “to attack” the protesters. One eyewitness said residents of the nearby Bab al-Louk and Abdeen neighborhoods were spotted from rooftops throwing Molotov bottles. Throughout Saturday and into Sunday, police attacked thousands of encamped protesters with tear gas, rubber bullets and military vehicles. Eyewitnesses are reporting a massive rise in the number of injured and calling on people to give medical supplies and asking doctors to arrive to the iconic square to help the victims. BM
