Unconfirmed reports of two dead, 18 wounded in Egypt's Tahrir Square
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Two people have been killed and at least 18 wounded when Egyptian military police stormed the capital's iconic Tahrir Square to disperse protesters early saturday morning.
Medical sources could not say if the wounded had been hit by bullets, and the deaths have still not been confirmed.
If confirmed, they would be the first reported deaths in the square since the February 11 ouster of president Hosni Mubarak.
Hundreds of protesters had camped out on Tahrir Square overnight demanding that the interim military government prosecute Mr Mubarak and other leading figures from his regime.
During the mass rally protesters also chanted slogans against the head of the military, Field Marshal Mohammed Tantawi, and called for the purification of the army.
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