A fugitive policeman, who is accused by activists of shooting pro-democracy protesters in the eye in recent clashes in Cairo, surrendered on Wednesday, his lawyer said, dpa reported.
The suspect, nicknamed the "eye sniper", is to be questioned in coming hours, said Gamil Saeed, the lawyer.
"My client, First Lieutenant Mahmoud al-Shenawi, escaped after some websites posted information about his house address and telephone numbers," Saeed added.
"Some sites even put a bounty on his head. So he feared for his life. But he has just given himself in to the police," he said.
The Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights (EIPR), a rights group founded in 2002 to promote personal freedoms, said on its website that it registered 60 eye injuries among protesters in one hospital alone. Its investigation also found that numerous protesters suffered injuries to the face and upper body.
The website of the semi-official al-Ahram newspaper on Wednesday quoted a security source as confirming al-Shenawi's surrender.
Local broadcasters aired footage allegedly showing the policeman shooting at demonstrators during clashes in Cairo's central Tahrir Square in mid-November.
At least 40 civilians were killed, in five days of protests by angry demonstrators demanding that the military hand over power to a civilian administration.
Hundreds of demonstrators remained in the square where around 108 people were injured on Wednesday in clashes with unlicensed vendors, the Health Ministry said on Wednesday.
The injuries were caused by birdshot and petrol bombs fired when protesters tried to drive out the vendors late Tuesday, allegedly for dealing in illegal drugs in the iconic square, witnesses said.
The protesters object to the vendors tarnishing the square's image by selling banned substances.
State television quoted a military source as denying reports that military and security personnel were involved in the clashes.
Tahrir Square was the focal point of a popular revolt that deposed president Hosny Mubarak earlier this year.