Egyptian students protested a court decision to drop criminal charges against Hosni Mubarak on Monday, according to The Associated Press.
At Cairo University, hundreds of demonstrators demanded the "fall of the regime", as police stood ready at the gates to bar students that sought to take their demonstration into the streets, the AP reported.
Two people were killed and nine were wounded on Saturday evening in Tahir Square, where the 2011 revolt that ousted Mubarak took place, according to the AP.
Egyptian forces hit the protesters with tear gas and water guns to get rid of the protesters, the AP reported. Security forces closed a Cairo metro station, the state news agency said, an apparent effort to prevent gatherings downtown.
On Saturday, an Egyptian court dropped its case against Mubarak over the killing of protesters in the 2011 uprising that ended his 30-year rule, according to the AP.
Mubarak's trial consisted only of the killing of 239 protesters whose names were cited in charge documents, not the nearly 900 killed in total during the 18 days of the revolt, the AP reported.
Clashes also erupted at Zagazig University in the Nile Delta, and 11 students were detained after setting fire to a building, the AP reported.
Protesters feel Mubarak's clearance is a sign Egypt is still protecting corrupt officials, the AP reported.
The judge who acquitted Mubarak said the dismissal of the charges did not absolve him of the corruption and "feebleness" of his years of his 29-year rule, according to the AP. After the trial, Mubarak was taken back to the hospital where he has spent most of his time since being ousted.
Mubarak's trial consisted only of the killing of 239 protesters whose names were cited in charge documents, not the nearly 900 killed in total during the 18 days of the revolt, the AP reported.
Pro-democracy protesters argue the court's decision to clear Mubarak of all charges makes it clear the Egyptian government, although now backed by el-Sissi, remains in place, according to the AP.
