Hundreds of protesters surrounded State Security premises in Giza and Alexandria on Friday, demanding the dissolution of the apparatus and the release of political prisoners.
Witnesses said hundreds of citizens gathered around both buildings and carried anti-torture signs. They chanted "people want to the State Security to fall".
State Security is a branch of the Ministry of Interior, highly associated with torture mechanisms against political prisoners.
In response, central security forces cordoned the buildings.
A security official reportedly addressed protesters in Giza to calm them down and ask them to leave.
In Alexandria, witnesses said Molotov cocktails were thrown by both protesters and police. Policemen were seen firing tear gas and live ammunition to disperse protesters. Bullets were spotted as they were fired from the building's second floor.
Witnesses also said they saw some policemen eventually retreating and leaving their arms to protesters.
One protester, Ahmad Abdel Hadi, was reportedly shot in the chest and transferred to the nearby al-Salam hospital.
The army intervened to prevent protesters from entering the building through its main and side gates. However, some protesters reportedly managed to reach the offices of the building, where they collected confidential documents dated 2011 and spotted shredded papers. They handed the documents to the Armed Forces as they left the building, chanting "this is the government of Shafiq".
The Armed Forces ordered the resignation of Prime Minister Ahmad Shafiq's cabinet on Thursday, replacing him with Essam Sharaf, a former transportation minister.
Activists condemned Shafiq's government for overseeing the destruction of all incriminating government documents.
Protesters continued to cluster around the State Security building in Alexandria despite the shooting and the growing fires. Army soldiers asked them to leave, but many said they were determined to stay until their demands are met.
