With just hours left for Friday's showdown between protesters and the government in Egypt, army on Thursday rolled out tanks and positioned soldiers to separate warring pro-and anti-Hosni Mubarak demonstrators, who clashed leaving seven people dead and 700 injured in fresh violence.
Shortly after automatic gunfire hit the anti-government protesters at the historic Tahrir Square killing seven people, including three on the spot, tanks and armoured cars ferried rifle-wielding soldiers to line up between the clashing groups.
The pre-dawn firing apparently by Mubarak's supporters appeared to be orchestrated to evict thousands of opposition supporters from the Square ahead of a massive rally on Friday, also the day when the opposition deadline to the embattled President, who has been in power since 1981, to quit expires.
As opposing groups battled exchanging gunfire and pelted rocks and stones which also left scores of international media persons injured triggering strong condemnation from the US and Western nations, new Prime Minister Ahmed Shafiq apologised for the events saying there will be an investigation into the violence.
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