Egypt Live Blog - March 6

Egypt Live Blog - March 6

From our headquarters in Doha, we keep you updated on the developments in Egypt following the ousting of longtime president Hosni Mubarak.

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• Timestamp: 

  10:37pm

  This video has just been posted online, and purports to show the moment Egyptian soldiers started shooting in the air to disperse protesters gathering in Lazoughli Square. Al Jazeera cannot verify videos posted on third-party sites.

• Timestamp: 

  8:32pm

  Al Jazeera's Ayman Mohyeldin tweets from central Cairo: Just drove into #lazoghly [square] young men w machetes and steel rods roaming around.

  then:

  Avoid nobar (Shareef extension) street, dozens of men with rods and knives trying to clear area. situation tense by #lazoghly

  Follow Ayman on Twitter: @AymanM

   

• Timestamp: 

  8:20pm

  On Twitter, several activists are complaining about the attitude of the military police, claiming they chased and beat protesters about an hour ago. They also say that gangs were attacking them nearby the state security building.
  
  Some are writing very angry comments about the military and its police.
  
  The last time military police clashed with protesters, about a week ago, the military council came out and apologised.
  
  Al Jazeera Arabic reports that the timing today is significant, considering that a new prime minister and minister of Interior were recently appointed - and are described as "sympathetic to the people and their demands".

  There are also reports that some gangs attacked students at Cairo University today, where students organised several protests to call on various schools' deans - seen as cose to the Mubarak regime - to resign.

• Timestamp: 

  8:10pm

  The army has shot in the air to disperse a 1,000-strong crowd attempting to storm the Ministry of Interior's state security building in Cairo, multiple eyewitnesses report.

  The General Prosecutor has ordered the building sealed pending investigation and the military does not want protestors to enter the building, Al Jazeera has been told.

  Protesters had stormed a state security building last night, and said they had blocked the destruction of papers documenting corruption during Hosni Mubarak's term in power.

   

• Timestamp: 

  11:01am

  Video from outside of Amn Dawla molotov assault on pro democracy demonstrators. Al Jazeera cannot confirm when this video was shot.
  
  
  
  
  

• Timestamp: 

  10:30am

  Al Jazeera's correspondent Sherine Tadros reports that General Mansour El Essawi, the new interior minister,  was appointed last night - almost during the storming of the security buildings. She adds that reaction to the appointment has been well received so far.

• Timestamp: 

  9:45am

  Video showing burnt documents after protesters stormed state security buildings. Al Jazeera cannot confirm when this video was taken and the precise location.
  
  

• Timestamp: 

  9:30am

  Egypt names new interior minister after protesters storm state security buildings claiming that secret documents are being destroyed. Read full story here.