Egypt's interior ministry has instructed police to use live
ammunition against anyone who attacks government buildings.
The announcement comes after hundreds of supporters of deposed President
Mohamed Morsi attacked the local government offices in Giza and set them
ablaze. Protesters have also attacked police
stations and other official buildings across the country over the past two
days.In a separate statement, the cabinet accused Morsi's Muslim Brotherhood of committing acts of "terrorism and vandalism."
Security forces violently cleared two pro-Morsi sit-ins on Wednesday, killing hundreds of people and ending their nearly seven-week-old protest.
The Health Ministry said that 525 people were killed in the clearings and subsequent clashes across the country, and more than 3,500 injured.
Officials from Morsi's Muslim Brotherhood have said the true death toll was far higher, with a spokesman saying 2,000 people had been killed in the "massacre."
It was impossible to verify the figures independently given the extent of the violence.
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