Two persons were killed in clashes near Egypt’s iconic square of Tahrir by cartouche shots, official Ahram online reported Wednesday.
The first victim was killed by a birdshot in the head and transferred to Kaser El Aany hospital, while the corpse of the second victim was found thrown in Abdel Moniem Reyad Square, near Tahrir, by a protestor.
The security forces are investigating the incident, the report said.
During the ongoing clashes between the security forces and the protesters early on Wednesday, some unknown assailants shot cartouche and caused deadly injuries to others in the square, preliminary investigation showed.
The death toll in Cairo since the second anniversary of the January 25 uprising is three, while the total casualties across the country are more than 60 dead and almost 2,000 injured.
Egyptian president Mohamed Morsi in a speech on Sunday attributed the bloody clashes to “sinful hands” that deviated from peaceful protest and expression of opinions to armed aggression and vandalism.