Bloodbath as Mubarak supporters battle protestors
Supporters of President Hosni Mubarak charged into Cairo’s central square on horses and camels as others rained firebombs from rooftops in an apparent orchestrated assault against protesters trying to topple Egypt’s autocratic leader of 30 years.
Three people died and 600 were injured in the carnage yesterday and protesters accused Mr Mubarak’s regime of unleashing a force of paid thugs and plainclothed police to crush their unprecedented nine-day-old movement, a day after the 82-year-old president refused to step down immediately.
