Second day of clashes in Cairo

Egyptian security forces and protesters clashed for a second successive day in central Cairo overnight in scenes not seen since the uprising that toppled Hosni Mubarak early this year. Riot police were deployed around the Interior Ministry and were using tear gas to keep protesters at bay.

The demonstrators were responding with rocks and firebombs.

Many of the protesters are believed to be relatives of some 850 people killed during the uprising that ousted the former president, and are frustrated over what they perceive as the slow pace of prosecution of officers believed to be responsible for the deaths.