Beheira residents formed popular committees to defend police stations following reports of attacks.
"Several rioters are abusing the current events to attempt to break into police stations to help prisoners escape and spread chaos," the Ministry of Interior said in a statement Wednesday.
Attempts were carried out in several governorates to seize weapons and assault policemen, the ministry statement said.
The statement said the attacks targeted the ministry and the security directorates of Cairo, Alexandria, Daqahlia, Gharbiya, Sharqiya, Suez, Ismailia, Port Said, Damietta, Fayoum, Beni Suef, Minya, Assiut and Qena.
Police forces, aided by large numbers of citizens, stopped the attacks in accordance with the law, the statement added.
The clashes led to the injury of 187 policemen.
Translated from the Arabic Edition
