Graphic images of the clashes between Egypt's armed forces and anti-military protesters continued to shock the world Sunday, the third consecutive day of street battles in Cairo that have left 10 protesters dead and 505 others injured, 81 of whom have been hospitalized. A total of 106 security force members including three high-ranking officers were also injured as demonstrators hurled stones and crude bombs at the armed forces, the military said.

The protests, which began only a day after the first free elections in Egypt, were triggered when the armed forces stormed an anti-military protest camp outside Egypt's Cabinet building on Friday. Images from the site showed protesters, including women, being tortured by the government security officials, using metal batons and other riot gear. Security officials in plain clothes were seen throwing slabs of concrete and stones at protestors from building tops, while some of the protestors were armed with petrol bombs.

Arab League Secretary-General Nabil al-Arabi warned Sunday that the violence will push Egypt toward a political and security vacuum, Xinhua News reported.

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Egyptian army soldiers arrest a female protester, after ripping off her clothes, during clashes at Tahrir Square in Cairo Dec. 17, 2011. Protesters and security forces fought in Cairo on Sunday, the third day of clashes that have killed 10 people and exposed rifts over the army's role as it manages Egypt's promised transition from military to civilian rule. REUTERS/Stringer
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Egyptian army soldiers arrest a protester (C) during clashes with army soldiers at Tahrir Square in Cairo Dec. 17, 2011. REUTERS/Stringer
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An injured protester is evacuated by a fellow protester on the back of a motorcycle during ongoing clashes with army soldiers, which began at the cabinet near Tahrir Square in Cairo Dec. 16, 2011. Stone-pelting demonstrators clashed with troops wielding truncheons and electric prods in central Cairo on Friday, witnesses said, in the worst violence since the start of Egypt's first free election in six decades. REUTERS
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Plainclothes policemen throw stones from the top of a cabinet building during clashes with protesters near Tahrir Square in Cairo Dec. 16, 2011. REUTERS
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A protester runs with a petrol bomb towards the cabinet office, as other protesters set a part of its building on fire, during clashes with military police in Cairo Dec. 16, 2011. REUTERS/Asmaa Waguih
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Egyptian army soldiers run during clashes at Tahrir Square in Cairo Dec. 17, 2011. REUTERS
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