[Ennahar] At least three people were killed and hundreds injured in festivities between police and protesters in southern Egypt, an official said Wednesday, on the 16th day of protest against geriatric President Hosni Mubarak.
The protests began Monday in the town of El Khargo, more than 400 kilometers south of Cairo, and escalated on Tuesday after a policeman had insulted the protesters, said the security official under cover of anonymity.
The police then fired live ammunition against demonstrators, injuring several people. Three of the maimed died Wednesday, according to him.
The crowd reacted in anger after the announcement of the dead by setting fire to seven government buildings, including two cop shoppes, a court and the local headquarters of the party of geriatric President Hosni Mubarak, National Democratic Party (NDP).
In Cairo, protesters on Tahrir Square in Cairo did not seem to want to leave Wednesday after a huge mobilization against Mr. Mubarak.