At least two people have been killed and several others injured in violent clashes that erupted during demonstrations held by supporters of the ousted president, Mohamed Morsi, and the current government.
Egyptian security officials in Cairo’s northern district of al-Marg said at least eight people were wounded in the clashes on Friday.
Police used teargas and fired rubber bullets to break up crowds of protesters
Reports say another 53 people were arrested.
Similar demonstrations have been held against the government of newly elected president and former military chief Abdel Fattah el-Sisi since he won the presidential election in May.
Egypt has been the scene of anti-government protests with persistent clashes between security forces and demonstrators since Sisi led the ouster of Muslim Brotherhood-backed Morsi in July last year.
Following his ouster, the Egyptian army launched a bloody crackdown on Muslim Brotherhood members and supporters.
Over 1,400 people were killed and thousands jailed in the army’s crackdown on the supporters of Morsi, while hundreds of his supporters have been sentenced to death.
The deadly clashes on Friday come days after a dozen supporters of Morsi were sentenced to death on charges of being linked to the deadly shooting of Major General Nabil Farag in 2013.
The presidency of Sisi puts the North African nation back in the hands of a top military official, three years after a popular uprising against former dictator Hosni Mubarak, an air force officer who ruled Egypt for almost three decades.
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