CAIRO, May 5, 2012 (AFP)
CAIRO, May 5, 2012 (AFP)
Egypt’s military was holding a funeral Saturday for a soldier killed in clashes between troops and anti-military protesters that left two people dead, an AFP reporter said.
The soldier, a member of a special forces unit, was killed on Friday during clashes at the Al-Nur mosque in central Cairo, members of his unit told AFP.
The clashes erupted just three weeks ahead of Egypt’s first presidential election since a popular uprising ousted president Hosni Mubarak last year.
The ruling Supreme Council of the Armed Forces imposed an overnight curfew in the Abbassiya area near the defence ministry where the fierce fighting took place.
Two people, including the soldier, were killed and almost 300 wounded in the clashes, the health ministry said.
