A protester and a policeman were killed this evening by fighting in a downtown neighborhood of Cairo as part of the political protests that erupted yesterday, sources said the security services. With these victims, brings to six the number of people who have died since tens of thousands of demonstrators took to the streets yesterday to demand a series of political reforms in the regime of Hosni Mubarak, in power since 1981.
The sources said the officer and the civilian died from wounds sustained in a clash between protesters and police in the neighborhood Wikalat al Balah, located behind the building of public television and around the headquarters of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Apparently, the two victims were injured in clashes occurred since 19:30 local time (17:30 GMT) until 21:00 local time, and died an hour later when they were treated at medical centers.
All day today there have been sporadic clashes between demonstrators and police forces in different parts of Cairo and other locations inside the country, with dozens injured and hundreds arrested. The demonstrations began yesterday and, although they were banned, were condoned by the police in most cases, but since this morning the officers have gone on the offensive to crack down on any attempt at protest.
With today's victims, as are four protesters and two police people have died in these protests, both in Cairo and demonstrations that erupted in the town of Suez, at the entrance channel of the same name. The marches and respond to a call that was born in internet forums in conjunction with the fall of Tunisian President Ben Ali, on 14 January, and since then have gained the support of opposition groups.
The movement "April 6, one of the main promoters of these mass protests, called again today to continue the demonstrations until the resignation of Mubarak. Protests are expected to intensify on Friday, public holiday, after noon prayers, according to sources in the movement "April 6" and notices distributed to different social networking sites. 
The sources said the officer and the civilian died from wounds sustained in a clash between protesters and police in the neighborhood Wikalat al Balah, located behind the building of public television and around the headquarters of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Apparently, the two victims were injured in clashes occurred since 19:30 local time (17:30 GMT) until 21:00 local time, and died an hour later when they were treated at medical centers.
All day today there have been sporadic clashes between demonstrators and police forces in different parts of Cairo and other locations inside the country, with dozens injured and hundreds arrested. The demonstrations began yesterday and, although they were banned, were condoned by the police in most cases, but since this morning the officers have gone on the offensive to crack down on any attempt at protest.
With today's victims, as are four protesters and two police people have died in these protests, both in Cairo and demonstrations that erupted in the town of Suez, at the entrance channel of the same name. The marches and respond to a call that was born in internet forums in conjunction with the fall of Tunisian President Ben Ali, on 14 January, and since then have gained the support of opposition groups.
The movement "April 6, one of the main promoters of these mass protests, called again today to continue the demonstrations until the resignation of Mubarak. Protests are expected to intensify on Friday, public holiday, after noon prayers, according to sources in the movement "April 6" and notices distributed to different social networking sites.
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