Cairo Live Blog

"There's a lot of excitement not just in the capital but across the country for what people say here is such an important day because of the fact that they are able to make this choice and for the first time their vote will actually be counted."

Reuters images show men attack former prime minister and presidential candidate Ahmed Shafiq as he leaves a polling station after casting his vote in Cairo.

Evan Hill our producer in Egypt sent in this image of lines of men and women stretch around both sides of a block as they wait to enter Othman bin Afan coed primary school in the Haram neighborhood of Giza.

The interior ministry says the death of a policeman in Cairo reported earlier was not related to the election and occurred on Tuesday night.

"Police officers were on a routine patrol in Rod al-Farag when they heard gunshots and went to inspect. One policeman was caught in a gunfight and was shot dead," a senior official told AFP.