Security and military forces arrested 111 people during the dispersal of the Tahrir Square sit-in on Monday, an Egyptian military official said.
Major General Ismail Etman, a member of Egypt's ruling military council, said the arrested were "thugs" who would be referred to civil prosecution.
“Military forces did nothing to protesters, but faced thugs there," the online news website Dostour quoted Etman as saying.
Protesters started to hurl stones, Etman said, adding that some of them were holding knives and injured some soldiers.
Etman emphasized that the military only aims to restore the country's stability.
