Egyptian officers shot the protester dead after he began to walk away

Graphic video footage has emerged from Egypt showing a protester being shot dead by police in Alexandria as revolution rocks the country, the British newspaper Daily Mail reported Sunday.

The clip is apparently the latest recorded evidence that Egyptian security forces have been using live fire against anti-government protestors, despite the regime's claims to the contrary.

The video, which lasts for two-and-a-half minutes, was filmed from the balcony of a backstreet apartment in the Manshya district of Egypt's second city and shows demonstrators setting up a makeshift barricade across the roadway, with a tire burning nearby.

Then one of the protesters walks toward a number of armed police officers positioned further up the street.

The protester spreads open his coat as if to show the officers - who already have their weapons drawn - that he is unarmed.
 

After a tense 30-second standoff, the officers shot him after he began to walk away.