CAIRO: The army and police have waged a coordinated offensive on protesters in Tahrir Square, attempting to forcibly remove demonstrators who have occupied square in the largest anti-government protest witnessed in Egypt since the January 25 uprisings that toppled the government of former president Hosni Mubarak earlier this year. Five have been reported dead so far by the Egyptian Ministry of Health, and over a thousand have sustained injuries as the police and military fire tear gas canisters and use live ammunition. The army has entered the square in armed personnel carriers (APCs) from the nearby Qasr al-Ainey Street. Police and military set fire to protester tents in the middle of square, as well as an abandoned motorcycle. “Injuries have just continued to flood in. Its hard to count how many we have here,” a worker at a field hospital told Bikyamasr.com. BM