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Feb. 7, 2012 / 8:18 AM

Death toll rises to 15 in Egypt protests

Mourners carry the body of a victim of clashes at a soccer stadium outside a morgue in Cairo, Egypt, February 2, 2012. Scores of Egyptian soccer fans were crushed to death Wednesday, February 1, 2012, while others were fatally stabbed or suffocated after being trapped in a long narrow corridor trying to flee rival fans, in the country's worst ever soccer violence that killed at least 74 people, witnesses and health officials said. UPI/Ahmed Fred

1 of 6 | Mourners carry the body of a victim of clashes at a soccer stadium outside a morgue in Cairo, Egypt, February 2, 2012. Scores of Egyptian soccer fans were crushed to death Wednesday, February 1, 2012, while others were fatally stabbed or suffocated after being trapped in a long narrow corridor trying to flee rival fans, in the country's worst ever soccer violence that killed at least 74 people, witnesses and health officials said. UPI/Ahmed Fred | License Photo

CAIRO, Feb. 7 (UPI) -- Ongoing clashes between Egyptian police and protesters have claimed the lives of at least 15 people, Egypt's Ministry of Health said Tuesday.

In addition to the dead, hundreds of protesters have been injured since Sunday night when a truce was supposed to take hold, Bikyamasr.com reported.

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Injuries ranged from broken bones to bullet wounds and burns.

A statement released by the health ministry said 161 people were treated for minor injuries at makeshift hospitals set up around Cairo's Tahrir Square and then released.

Protesters took to the streets in Cairo and Suez Thursday after violence at a football match in Port Said left 75 people dead and hundreds of others injured.

The protesters are demanding an end to military rule in Egypt.

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