Clashes on streets of Cairo
- 13 years ago
Hundreds of Egyptian protesters outside the Israeli embassy in Cairo were dispersed by police.
Riot police fired tear gas and blank rounds in the early hours of Saturday but some of the crowd appeared to regroup later to hurl missiles at officers.
At least four vehicles and a nearby public building have been set alight and a wall built to protect the Israeli embassy was pulled down.
The trouble kicked off on Friday night when the protestors stormed the building which houses the embassy.
They tore down the Israeli flag and threw documents from the windows.
Egypt's Interior Ministry says at least 450 protestors have been injured during a day of confrontations with police.
State media says a government cabinet crisis team's been summoned and police leave cancelled.
The Israeli ambassador and his family were reported to have arrived at Cairo airport early on Saturday apparently ready to leave the country.
Israel's asked the United States to help guard the besieged embassy building.
Paul Chapman, Reuters
Riot police fired tear gas and blank rounds in the early hours of Saturday but some of the crowd appeared to regroup later to hurl missiles at officers.
At least four vehicles and a nearby public building have been set alight and a wall built to protect the Israeli embassy was pulled down.
The trouble kicked off on Friday night when the protestors stormed the building which houses the embassy.
They tore down the Israeli flag and threw documents from the windows.
Egypt's Interior Ministry says at least 450 protestors have been injured during a day of confrontations with police.
State media says a government cabinet crisis team's been summoned and police leave cancelled.
The Israeli ambassador and his family were reported to have arrived at Cairo airport early on Saturday apparently ready to leave the country.
Israel's asked the United States to help guard the besieged embassy building.
Paul Chapman, Reuters