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More Than 100 Injured in Tahrir Square Clashes

Clashes have broken out between pro- and anti-government demonstrators in the Egyptian capital Cairo.

Protesters from both sides threw stones at each other in Tahrir Square, the epicentre of ongoing opposition demonstrations against President Hosni Mubarak, for the past nine days, reports Al Jazeera English.

Al Jazeera correspondents, reporting from the scene, said that more than a 100 people were injured in the clashes and in a stampede that started when trouble broke out.

Earlier, witnesses said thousands of pro-Mubarak supporters had entered the square. Opposition groups said Mubarak had sent in thugs to suppress the protest.

Also in Cairo, Al Jazeera’s Jane Dutton, said that “hundreds of anti-government supporters were running from the square, including many women and children”.

Another Al Jazeera correspondent said men on horseback and camels ran into the crowds, as army personnel stood by. The correspondent added that more horses and camels are arriving into the square.

Al Jazeera’s online producer in Cairo said rocks were continously being thrown from both sides.

He also said that tens of thousands of people from Mubarak’s supporters are coming up to Tahrir square.

“The army had barricades to block them off but they got through them and the army let them through.

“The people on horses are pro-Mubarak supporters, they are a very angry crowd looking for anyone working for Al Jazeera and for Americans. They are trying to get on the other side of the army tanks to get to the anti-Mubarak supporters. More and more pro-Mubarak supporters are coming in and for now the army is acting as a buffer.”

Reports have also emerged that a number of media workers have been injured.