7 hours 13 min ago: Al Jazeera‘s Rawya Rageh reports from Cairo:

„The confrontations continued up until a few moments ago, where impromptu scuffles still around various parts of downtown Cairo. Just in the past hour or so there were people who have been described by some as thugs and by others as hard-line Muslims, reportedly trying to break or to storm the Coptic hospital in downtown Cairo not very far from here where some of the Christian protesters injured in the attacks were taken to.

Certainly a very intense scene here in downtown Cairo, reflected also in the reaction of the government which has held an emergency meeting, and we are expecting any moment now Prime Minister Essam Sharraf to address the nation. That, at least, is a breaking news track appearing on state television at the moment.“