Egypt's armed forces held secret funeral services for the soldiers killed Sunday during violence at a Coptic protest, a military source told the state-run news agency MENA.
The source said the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces (SCAF) did not declare the number of soldiers who died so as not to demoralize its forces.
The military funerals were not made public to avoid exacerbating existing tensions, the source added.
The clashes outside the state TV building in Cairo on Sunday left at least 25 dead and more than 300 injured.
State TV had said three soldiers were shot dead, but the secrecy imposed on their identities and the death toll has prompted doubt as to whether there were actually any military casualties.
Many accuse the army of using live ammunition against protesters and running over demonstrators with armored vehicles.
But Ismail Etman, a senior SCAF member, told the BBC on Tuesday that forces stationed in the area were not supplied with live ammunition.
Translated from the Arabic Edition
