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Up to 200 injured in clashes between protesters and security forces in Cairo

29 June 2011 12:12 (UTC +04:00)

Tahrir Square, the epicenter of protests that toppled Hosni Mubarak, Egypt’s former president, remained sealed off early on Wednesday as lines of security forces in riot gear strived to regain control from demonstrators.
Witnesses said the clashes started on Tuesday when police tried to clear a sit-in at the state-TV building, which included families of those killed during the country’s revolution earlier this year, known as the "martyrs", according to the Daily News, an Egyptian news website.
Witnesses said police showed up and attacked the families outside the Balloon Theatre in Agouza, where a planned memorial service for the families was taken place. The ministry of interior said in a statement on Tuesday that "people who claimed to be families of martyrs, tried to break into the theatre" in which the service was held.