Renewed clashes in central Cairo injure at least 36

Clashes between protesters and the police erupted Monday evening near Egypt's Interior Ministry headquarters in central Cairo, leaving at least 36 wounded, the official MENA news agency reported. The Health Ministry said 28 of the 36 injured, including eight policemen, have been sent to nearby hospitals, while the others were treated on the scene, according to MENA. Marking the first anniversary of the Mohamed Mahmoud street incidents, thousands of Egyptians held a protest earlier in the day in the streets heading to Cairo's iconic Tahrir Square. The protesters chanted anti-police slogans, throwing stones and burning bottles at the police forces who threw them back. A statement issued by the Interior Ministry said protesters burned some furniture in a nearby school and the police put out the fire before it became worse. On Nov. 19, 2011, several days ahead of the historic parliamentary elections, violence erupted across the country. The most notable incident was a demonstration in the Mohamed Mahmoud street heading to Tahrir, in which 41 were killed and some 180 policemen, including 51 officers, were wounded. The incident is considered to be the worst violence since the fall of ex-leader Hosni Mubarak and the supreme military council assumed power in February, 2011.