Pro-democracy activists attacked in Egypt

The BBC is reporting that pro-democracy activists in Egypt have been attacked by men in plain clothes, armed with swords, outside the interior ministry in Cairo.



The men, also armed with petrol bombs, confronted the pro-democracy activists after soldiers dispersed a Cairo rally they were holding to demand reform of the security services, eyewitnesses say.



It is the first such attack since the fall of Hosni Mubarak last month.

Protesters have stormed ministry and secret police offices to obtain documents they say show evidence of repression under the former president.



Recently installed Prime Minister, Essam Sharaf, has vowed to reform the security apparatus and has named a cabinet to govern until elections.