At least five dead in Cairo protests-sources

An injured protester is carried away by others during clashes in Cairo January 28, 2011. Police and demonstrators fought running battles on the streets of Cairo on Friday in a fourth day of unprecedented protests by tens of thousands of Egyptians demanding an end to President Hosni Mubarak's three-decade rule. Photo by Reuters

CAIRO: At least five protesters died in Cairo in anti-government demonstrations on Friday, medical sources said.

It was not immediately clear how they died. The sources earlier said 870 protesters were wounded throughout the day in the Egyptian capital

US also had urged its citizens to postpone travelling to Egypt.

In a travel alert, the US state department urged citizens in Egypt to exercise caution and to defer movement until the situation stabilizes. Noting that Egyptian security forces may block off the area around the US Embassy, the State Department said citizens should not attempt to go to the embassy. Reuters