Egypt's health minister said on Thursday that five people were killed in violence in Cairo's Tahrir Square that was sparked when supporters of President Hosni Mubarak charged at anti-government protesters there on Wednesday. The clashes continued into Thursday morning.
"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 were taken to hospital were 836, of which 86 are still in hospital and there are five dead," Health Minister Ahmed Samih Farid told state television by telephone.
