Sweeping through Cairo’s Tahrir Square early Monday, Egyptian soldiers in riot gear opened fire on innocent protesters who have been demanding an immediate end to military rule since President Hosni Mubarak was ousted from office.
STORY: Blood And Chaos! Egyptian Police And Protesters Clash In Tahrir Square
In the last four days the bloody clashes have become increasingly violent. At least three people have been killed, bringing the death toll to 14.
Violence has been raging in Cairo since Friday, when military forces guarding the Cabinet building near Tahrir Square heavily cracked down on a 3-week-old sit-in to demand Egypt’s ruling generals immediately hand power to a civilian authority.
The raid was an attempt by the military to keep protesters away from government buildings near the square, but that hasn’t stopped protesters from flooding Tahrir Square.
Ahmed Saad, a field hospital doctor who witnessed the crackdown, said six people were killed by gunshots, giving a toll twice that of the Health Ministry’s. He said troops stormed a mosque on the square, beating up protesters who spent the night inside.
“It was like a rain of bullets in the early morning,” Saad said.
Activists have flooded social network sites and other media with photos and video of troops beating and attacking protesters.
In Egypt, 2011 started off with protesting and blood and it seems it’s ending that way.
