Egypt's interior ministry said on Monday that 25 of its forces have been killed and 480 have been wounded since a wave of protests to topple Islamist President Mohamed Mursi began.

The ministry explained, in a statement on its official Facebook page, that 25 police were killed between June 28 and Monday morning, including five officers, 13 personnel and seven conscripts.

It added that the number of wounded has reached 480, including 136 officers, 196 personnel and 159 conscripts.

These new developments raise the numbers of those killed since the Jan. 25 uprising that toppled Hosni Mubarak in 2011 to 234 and those wounded to 9,476, the statement added.

Violent confrontations kicked off after Egypt's army ousted the Islamist president on July 3 in response to mass demonstrations that were held across the country.