Clashes between security forces and protesters in Egypt have continued in their third day Monday, after a night of deadly violence that killed at least 13 people.

Clashes between security forces and protesters in Egypt have continued in their third day Monday, leaving 20 people dead, according to the Egyptian health ministry.

The Egyptian police used tear gas Sunday midnight to separate hundreds of protesters in the Tahrir Square who on their part responded with stones and rocks, AFP reported.

On Sunday, police and military forces used batons, tear gas and birdshot to clear the central square where thousands of protesters gathered demanding the ruling military to cede power to a civilian authority.

According to AFP, "protesters fear the army is intent on maintaining some degree of power through a set of supra constitutional principles it plans to impose on the next
parliament, who will be tasked with drafting the country's charter."

Protests in Tahrir Square have been ongoing since a massive anti-military
rally on Friday, and demonstrators have been chanting against Field Marshal Hussein Tantawi.