Three dead, 1,049 injured in Israeli embassy protests in Cairo

Hundreds of Egyptian protestors gather at the Israeli embassy trying to pull down its security wall in Cairo, capital of Egypt, on Sept. 9, 2011. Some Egyptian protestors broke into a building which houses the Israeli embassy in Cairo late Friday night. The Egyptian Interior Ministry put security forces on alert early Saturday after protesters raided the Israeli embassy here. (Xinhua/Ayman Mossa)

CAIRO, Sept. 10 (Xinhua) -- Three died and 1,049 others were injured during protests at the Israeli embassy on Friday night, Egypt's health ministry said on Saturday.

One death was because of a heart attack. 262 of the injured were rushed to different hospitals in Cairo while the others got medical treatment at the scene.

Clashes between protestors and police forces were blamed for the casualties. Police used tear gas to disperse the crowds.

On Friday night, some Egyptian protestors broke into a building which houses the Israeli embassy in Cairo. They destroyed a newly- built concrete wall outside the embassy building and lowered the Israeli flag and threw documents out of the windows.

Israeli ambassador to Egypt and most of embassy staff were carried back home by an Israeli plane early Saturday.

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