Alexandria, February 02: Clashes have broken out between anti-government protesters and supporters of Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak in the city of Alexandria as millions urge the president to step down.
Opposition protesters say government forces and the police opened fire on demonstrators, but there are no reports of casualties so far.
The army sent in tanks and armored vehicles to break up the clashes, which were seen circling the city’s Mahatit Masr Square.
The troops fired in the air in an attempt to disperse the crowds.
Meanwhile, thousands of people across the world have taken to the streets to express solidarity with Egyptian anti-government protesters.
Demonstrators in the US, Germany, the Netherlands, Jordan, Morocco, India, and the Philippines have called on the Egyptian president to meet the demands of the people, a Media correspondent reported on Tuesday.
In a televised speech earlier in the day, Mubarak said that he would not run in the election scheduled to be held in September but said he would stay in office until then.
Mubarak added that he would carry out political reforms and do his best to meet the protesters’ demands.
His remarks did not sit well with the outraged protesters who were still at Cairo’s Tahrir Square. They jeered at Mubarak’s statements, saying they wanted him to step down now and not in September.
“Go, go, go! We are not leaving until he leaves,” they chanted.
——-Agencies