Egypt's health ministry said Monday that the death toll from clashes between protesters and police in Cairo's Tahrir square has climbed to 20, state TV reported.
Confrontations between police and protesters demanding the end of military rule entered their third day, with numbers mid-morning beginning to swell in Tahrir -- the symbolic heart of demonstrations that toppled Hosni Mubarak in February.
Clashes between police and protesters in Cairo's Tahrir Square erupted for a third straight day on Monday after a night of deadly violence that left at least 13 people dead.
Protesters fear the army is intent on maintaining some degree of power through a set of supra constitutional principles it plans to impose on the next parliament, who will be tasked with drafting the country's charter.
Protests in Tahrir Square have been ongoing since a massive anti-military rally on Friday, which called on the army to cede power to civilian rule and return to barracks.
Demonstrators have been particularly vocal against Field Marshal Hussein Tantawi, Mubarak's longtime defence minister who now heads the ruling Supreme Council of the Armed Forces.
