Two people have been killed and several others injured as protesters reacted furiously to a court’s decision to drop charges against former President Hosni Mubarak of killing demonstrators in the 2011 uprising.<br /><br />Around 3000 people clashed with security forces in Cairo’s Tahrir Square, scene of the original uprising four years ago. <br /><br />Tear gas and birdshot were used to disperse the protesters according to witnesses who spoke to the media. <br /><br />“Everyone has forgotten their political background, whether they’re leftists or Muslim Brotherhood or others”, said Mohamed Medhat. “Everybody is chanting together ‘down with Hosni Mubarak, down with the regime’ “.<br /><br />The decision on Saturday to drop the charges against Mubarak has not angered all Egyptians. Cheers erupted in court when the judge delivered the verdict. <br /><br />Mubarak is serving a three year sentence on a separate charge of embezzlement, but it seems even from behind bars he still has the capacity to divide the nation..
