Egyptians storm state security buildings

Egyptian protesters laid siege to state security buildings Saturday, witnesses said, trying to retrieve files kept on the population by the powerful regime apparatus long accused of rights abuses.


The incidents came as former interior minister Habib al-Adly, who controlled the state security police, went on trial in Cairo on corruption charges, the  involving a member of ousted president Mohamed Mubarak's government.


Hundreds of protesters attempted to storm the state security building in the Cairo  of Sheikh Zayed, where employees inside the building briefly fired their weapons to try to disperse the crowd.

We could see police inside the building burning the papers.

The army, which has been maintaining security since police disappeared from the streets in anti-government protests last month, blocked protesters is getting inside the building.

Egypt protests: 3 killed in one day of the revolt

At least three people are reported to have been killed during a day of rare anti-government protests in Egypt.


Two protesters died in Suez, Thousands joined the protests after an internet campaign inspired by the uprising in Tunisia.


In central Cairo police are using tear gas  on Wednesday in an attempt to dispperse the crowds


Thousands of demonstrators remained in the city center inTahrir Square late in the night, vowing to camp out overnight.


Police used tear gas and driving protesters into nearby streets, with reports that some people were beaten by police.

Vice-president: Omar Suleiman

Omar Suleiman was appointed as vice president in January 2011 amid a popular uprising against the government and given the task of opening talks with the opposition


The post is the one that President Mubarak occupied before he was promoted to the presidency, but which he kept vacant until 2011.


Mr Suleiman has been intelligence chief since 1993 and has played a prominent public role in diplomacy - including in Egypt's relations 

He is described as a long-term confidant of Mr Mubarak.

President: Mohamed Mubarak (resigned)

President: Mohamed  Mubarak (resigned)

Hosni Mubarak, Egypt's longest-serving ruler since Muhammad Ali in the early 19th century and one of the longest-serving leaders in the Arab world, stepped down in February 2011 after 30 years in power.

He was responding to weeks of street protests, which began in January 2011, only days after the president of Tunisia fled a popular uprising.

His vice-president announced Mr Mubarak's resignation and said he had handed power to the army.

Mr Mubarak gained a fifth consecutive term in presidential elections in September 2005, when he was aged 77. The poll was the first under a new system which allows multiple candidates to stand. In previous elections Egyptians voted yes or no for a single candidate appointed by parliament.

Mr Mubarak succeeded Anwar Sadat, who was assassinated in 1981. He is seen as Egyptian politics' great survivor, having escaped no fewer than six assassination attempts.

He is an economic liberal and his government promised economic reforms. But Egypt remains plagued by high unemployment and low standards of living.

In March 2010, Mr Mubarak underwent gall-bladder surgery in Germany, renewing speculation over whether he will run for re-election in 2011.

Since 1952 Army officers led by Gamal Abdel Nasser overthrew the monarchy, Egyptian leaders have been drawn from the military.

Hosni Mubarak was born in 1928. his wife called Suzane, they have two sons, Alaa and Gamal.