Local people in Port Said alerted euronews correspondent Mohammed Shaikhibrahim to the presence of a nearby sniper.<br /><br />There was much pointing and shouting as attention was drawn to a building further down the street, where the sound of shooting was clearly coming from.<br /><br />An orange ambulance did a U-turn; it was believed to be evacuating someone who had just been wounded.<br /><br />It was claimed that minutes beforehand, four civilians were injured by the sniper's bullets.<br /><br />"There are snipers," cried one man, in an agitated state. "They're killing people."<br /><br />Others pointed out what appeared to be spent cartridges lying on the ground.<br /><br />A closer look enabled a barred window in a low-rise building to be singled out. A figure could be seen peering out.<br /><br />He was wearing a black mask, what looked like a camouflaged vest -- and appeared to be holding a gun as he scanned the street outside.<br /><br />The man's presence raises more questions that it answers. Who was he: police, army, some kind of militant?<br /><br />Our correspondent -- who was taken to see more damage apparently caused by a sniper -- says Egypt's military have not intervened in the violence; rather they have been protecting buildings important to the state, such as banks, government offices and power stations.<br /><br />By late Monday, the death toll in recent violence in Port Said rose to at least 42 dead and over 1,000 wounded, according to medical sources in the city.translation of soundbite #1: Ahmed El Gerehi, protester: "We declare that Port Said is an independent state because we want our city to remain free and without ... <br /> <br />Residents of Port Said, plagued by deadly clashes between protesters and security forces, say they want the reviled police force out of their canal city and the ... <br /> <br />In Egypt, violent clashes have continued in the city of Port Said. A football riot there last year left 74 Cairo fans dead, and after the trials of the alleged ... <br /> <br />/ Local people in Port Said alerted euronews correspondent Mohammed Shaikhibrahim to the presence of a nearby sniper. There was ... <br /> <br />/nocomment/ Four people were shot dead and hundreds injured in Egypt's Port Said on Sunday during the funerals of 33 protesters ...
