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\n<\/span><\/p>\nHundreds of people armed with knives and machetes have clashed with pro-democracy activists in Cairo’s Tahrir Square, Egyptian state TV says.<\/p>\n
Footage showed stones being thrown by both sides in the square. At least two people were reportedly injured.<\/p>\n
The people who entered Tahrir wanted to force the activists continuing a sit-in out of the square, reports say. <\/p>\n
Tahrir Square was the epicentre of protests that forced President Hosni Mubarak to step down last month. <\/p>\n
“Hundreds of men carrying knives and swords entered Tahrir,” the AFP news agency quoted a report on Egypt’s state TV as saying. <\/p>\n
The TV channel showed footage of hundreds of people involved in a stand-off and throwing stones at each other. <\/p>\n
“A group of gangsters attacked us with stones, they seemed to be wanting us to leave the square,” Gamal Hussein, one of the pro-democracy protester, later told Reuters.<\/p>\n
Groups of activists have continued to gather in Tahrir Square even after Mr Mubarak’s departure. They are demanding a complete break with the Mubarak regime. <\/p>\n
But critics say it is time for life to return to normal in the Egyptian capital.<\/p>\n
Insecurity has been rife across Egypt after police disappeared from the streets of major cities during the mass protests. <\/p>\n
On Tuesday, at least 13 people died and 140 were injured in clashes between Muslims and Coptic Christians in Cairo. <\/p>\n
Egypt’s military, currently governing the country, has struggled to keep control of the situation. <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p>\n
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