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8 victims
The clashes in Casr al-Ayni district of Cairo have left eight people dead.
Citing the Ministry of Health of Egypt, "Moskovsky Komsomolets" newspaper reports that 2 demonstrators died at the hospital last night.
The victims are mainly young men ranging from the ages of 16 to 25. There has been a total of 300 people injured from the clashes between police officers and demonstrators on Thursday.
This morning, militarypolice officers and the Internal Affairs forces took over central Cairo. Casr al-Ayni Street is closed down with wires and metal bars, but disturbances continue at the entrance to the street.
Police continue to arrest citizens.