The number of people killed in five days of clashes between security forces and protesters in Egypt has climbed to 38, the Health Ministry said Thursday, DPA reported.
Two civilians died Thursday of injuries sustained in the clashes, bringing to 33 the number of those killed in Cairo, said Deputy Health Minister Hesham Sheha.
Four people were killed in the coastal cities of Alexandria and Ismailiya and one in the desert town of Mersa Matruh, he said.