Police showered Tahrir Square with tear gas bombs on Tuesday night, and clashes between the families of martyrs and state security forces continued until early this morning 29 June.

Hundreds of demonstrators on Tuesday night, threw stones at the interior ministry of Egypt today in downtown Cairo and accused the police of killing their sons.

Security forces cordoned the area and according to eyewitnesses fired tear gas bombs and shots into the air to disperse protesters.

Police chased protesters towards Tahrir Square and fired tear gas bombs at thousands of protesters.

A statement released an hour ago by the interior ministry of Egypt denied that police attacked protesters and claimed they were thugs.

However, Egyptian TV channels Al Hayat and On TV aired live footage of the clashes. Tahrir square and surrounding down town streets looked like a battlefield covered with a smokey cloud of tear gas.

Ambulances could be seen rushing intoTahrir Square, as well as volunteer doctors to support the injured in the square.

Thousands of demonstrators rushed in solidarity with protesters already in Tahrir Square as violence escalated and chants could be heard "People want the regime to fall," "People want field marshal Tantawi out," and "Down with the interior ministry."