At least 29 people have died in the cities of Cairo and Suez by political protests that have occurred on Friday, according to medical sources counts. The Qatari television network Al Jazeera said that only in Cairo that left 16 wounded admitted in hospitals on Friday near Tahrir Square, the epicenter of the protests of recent days, died from injuries received.
In the city of Suez, meanwhile, killed 13 people who had participated in public demonstrations, according to the count made by the UAE's Al Arabiya network. The wounded number in the hundreds, both in Cairo and Suez, the two places where there have been more violent incidents that erupted at the end of noon prayers on Friday.
The demonstrations, which erupted on Tuesday and intensified on Friday, were called by opposition groups, first to demand political reforms and in recent days to ask directly for the resignation of President Hosni Mubarak, in power since 1981. The most violent moments came shortly after the Egyptians came out of the mosque for Friday prayers and before it was declared a curfew in Cairo, Alexandria and Suez, from 18:00 local time (16:00 GMT).
After curfew, many police forces were on the streets were removed, while the army, whose presence was required by Mubarak, began deploying at strategic points of this capital. Unlike the police, the military took to the streets of Cairo were hailed by the protesters who peacefully boarded including some tanks. 
In the city of Suez, meanwhile, killed 13 people who had participated in public demonstrations, according to the count made by the UAE's Al Arabiya network. The wounded number in the hundreds, both in Cairo and Suez, the two places where there have been more violent incidents that erupted at the end of noon prayers on Friday.
The demonstrations, which erupted on Tuesday and intensified on Friday, were called by opposition groups, first to demand political reforms and in recent days to ask directly for the resignation of President Hosni Mubarak, in power since 1981. The most violent moments came shortly after the Egyptians came out of the mosque for Friday prayers and before it was declared a curfew in Cairo, Alexandria and Suez, from 18:00 local time (16:00 GMT).
After curfew, many police forces were on the streets were removed, while the army, whose presence was required by Mubarak, began deploying at strategic points of this capital. Unlike the police, the military took to the streets of Cairo were hailed by the protesters who peacefully boarded including some tanks.
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