Egyptians armed with knives attacked Wednesday hundreds of pro-democracy demonstrators gathered in Tahrir Square in Cairo, reported state television.
"Hundreds of men armed with knives entered (...) on Tahrir Square," said the presenter, while the images were of stone-throwing demonstrators and hundreds driven from this place that was the epicenter the dispute having ousted President Mubarak in February.
The clashes took place while the new government met the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces, which ruled the country since the departure of Mr.Mubarak, in order to propose a law criminalizing incitement to hatred, which could make them liable to the death penalty, said the TV station.
The country's military rulers are trying to restore order on several fronts in the aftermath of deadly clashes between Muslims and Coptic Christians in the poor neighborhood of Moqattam, in eastern Cairo, which have ten dead and 110 wounded, according Department of Health.
Egypt is undergoing a period of high insecurity after the police had disappeared from the streets as the protest movement against the regime was in full swing.
Wednesday, the Muslim Brotherhood, the largest opposition movement in Egypt, accused of holding up the former Egyptian president Mubarak of inciting violence, a view widely shared by the population.
