Cairo: Pro-democracy activists in Cairo’s Tahrir Square were attacked by hundreds of people with sticks and knives.
Stones were thrown by both sides in the square, and at least two people were reportedly injured.
The people who entered Tahrir reportedly wanted to force the activists out of the square – the heart of recent anti-government protests.
Meanwhile, reformist Mohammed ElBaradei said he intended to run in presidential elections expected later this year.
“When the door of presidential nominations opens, I intend to nominate myself,” the Nobel laureate and former head of the UN nuclear watchdog told Egypt’s ONTV television.
ElBaradei said he would vote against constitutional amendments if they were put to a referendum on March 19, and called for a new constitution.
“Hundreds of men carrying knives and swords entered Tahrir,” Egypt’s state TV reported.
The TV channel showed footage of hundreds of people involved in a stand-off and throwing stones at each other.
“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 protesters, later told media.
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