Pro-Mubarak Rioters Hurl Molotov Cocktails At Opposition In Cairo's Tahrir (Liberation) Square

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By JPOST.COM STAFF MELANIE LIDMAN AND AP
02/02/2011 18:45

About 500 people injured in recent round of clashes, says al-Arabiya; Egyptian museum goes up in flames; Gov't supporters throw rocks at protesters from buildings, according to reports; gun shots heard at Tahrir square.

Pro-government demonstrators in Cairo threw dozens of Molotov cocktails at those protesting against Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak on Wednesday.

Numerous explosives were hurled as the pro-regime mob attempted to push through a no-man's land towards the anti-Mubarak protesters in Cairo's Tahrir (Liberation) Square.

Witnesses at Tahrir Square also said they heard several shots fired into the air, and water cannons were fired by security officials to try to calm the protests, according to reports.

Al-Jazeera also reported that the Egyptian museum was fire bombed and that the army was trying to put out the fire.

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2. Reuters: Over 1,500 wounded in central cairo clashes - doctor

Feb 2 (Reuters) - More than 1,500 people were injured in Cairo on Wednesday in clashes between supporters and opponents of Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, a doctor at an emergency clinic set up at the scene told Reuters.

From: http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/02/02/egypt-protests-casualties-idUSLDE7112LH20110202