Egyptian Soldiers Attack Tahrir Square Protesters -- The Guardian
At least two people killed in pre-dawn raid on protesters calling for Mubarak to face trial and removal of army chief.
Egyptian soldiers armed with clubs and rifles have stormed Cairo's Tahrir Square in a pre-dawn raid that reportedly killed at least two people, re-igniting the simmering tensions in the country.
Video footage showed hundreds of troops, firing weapons and charging in large numbers into the square to clear it.
Tahrir Square – which for 18 days was the centre of Egypt's revolution that ousted President Hosni Mubarak — was occupied again on Friday by hundreds of thousands of Egyptians calling for Mubarak to be put on trial, and for the head of the army, Field Marshal Mohammed Hussein Tantawi, who is the titular head of state, to be removed.
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