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Gunshots heard in suburb of Cairo

30 January 2011 04:01 (UTC +04:00)

Baku-APA. Gunshots were heard in upscale neighborhood of Maadi in south Cairo early Sunday morning, while diminished protesters remained on the downtown streets despite the curfew, APA reports quoting Xinhua News Agency.
Local residents have been organized in groups to protect their properties from being looted and destroyed while the army troops were deployed to key areas of the capital.
According to local media, house of Egyptian first lady Susan Mubarak’s cousin was attacked on Saturday night.
Mass protests in Egypt entered the fifth day on Sunday. Many stores have been closed for fear of riots that accompanied the protests.
Mubarak reshuffled the government and appointed Omar Suleiman as Egypt’s Vice President and Ahmed Shafik as the new prime minister on Saturday.