CAIRO – Bloody clashes between protesters and anti-riot police that raged overnight in Cairo’s famous Tahrir Square, site of the country’s recent revolution, erupted in new scuffles on Wednesday amid mounting frustration with Egypt’s military rulers over the pace of reform.

The health ministry said there were 1,036 injured in the clashes. Those included 120 who were hospitalized and most of whom were later released. Protests continued hours later in front of the interior ministry headquarters in central Cairo as well. 

Activists have called for an open-ended sit-in in the square while the ruling military council warned of a plot to destabilize the country. 

Protesters who first took to the streets to demand the overthrow of Mubarak, have begun to shift their anger to the ruling military council, accusing it of using Mubarak-era tactics to stifle dissent.