CAIRO: Medical officials say that one demonstrator has been killed outside the country’s Cabinet building, where protesters have camped overnight to prevent the entrance of the country’s newly-appointed prime minister.
A 19-year-old demonstrator was fatally injured when police attacked a protest in front of the cabinet headquarters that rejected Ganzuri’s appointment.
The victim died of massive internal bleeding from multiple fractures to the pelvis, possibly caused by a heavy vehicle, a medic told AFP.
Witnesses said that a police van had charged into the demonstrators. Video clips posted on social networking sites showed protesters rushing to rescue a heavily bleeding man.
An Associated Press cameraman saw three police troop carriers and an armored vehicle being chased off by rock-throwing protesters. The security forces fired tear gas in return before leaving the site.
Thousands more demonstrators are gathered in the capital’s Tahrir Square.
The protesters had branched off from a mass rally in Tahrir Friday evening to block the entrance of the nearby cabinet headquarters in protest at the new prime minister appointed by the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces.
The military’s choice of Kamal El-Ganzouri, who served as prime minister between 1996 and 1999 under deposed President Hosni Mubarak, has deepened the anger of the protesters.
Officials say more than 40 people have been killed across the country in eight days of protests demanding the end of military rule.
