Egypt's ministry of health said five were killed and 42 injured Wednesday after a new attack on protesters in Abbassiya and around the ministry of defense. Khaled al-Khateeb, head of the emergency care unit in the ministry of health told reporters on Wednesday that the injuries vary from bone breakage and cuts. He said the five dead remain in Dar al-Shifaa hospital awaiting the prosecution's order to run a forensic test to investigate the causes of death. Khatib added that some injuries were treated on the spot and released, while some remain under close medical supervision. Activists, however, have reported at least 8 protesters have been killed in the fresh attack on the largely peaceful protesters in front of the ministry. Activists also said they were attacked by the thugs outside Ein Shams University early on Wednesday in clashes that saw bullets fired, Molotov cocktails and rocks used. They said the thugs threw Molotov bottles from atop a bridge, injuring at least 200. Protesters said they have arrested some of the attackers and found meals from the army headquarters with them, a proof activists say, that the thugs are being paid by the armed forces, or are soldiers in plainclothes. They circulated pictures of the meal boxes on social networking sites such as Twitter and Facebook. Activists confirm that live ammunition has been used against them in addition to rubber bullets and Molotov cocktails. The clashes started last weekend when a peaceful march decided to spend the night close to the ministry of defense were attacked by unknown mobs of men, armed with knives, rocks and Molotovs. The violence, which continued on Sunday left one man dead and scores injured. Protesters were calling for the presidential elections' laws to be amended and the army chosen presidential committee to be dissolved.
