Student killed following pro-Mursi protest in Sharqiya - security source

Friday 30-01-2015 11:19 PM
Student killed following pro-Mursi protest in Sharqiya - security source

Supporters of the Muslim Brotherhood and ousted Egyptian President Mohamed Mursi hold a copy of the Koran and Mursi picture at Talaat Harb Square, in Cairo, January 25, 2015. REUTERS/Mohamed Abd El Ghany

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CAIRO, Jan 30 (Aswat Masriya) - A student at al-Azhar University was killed and five individuals were injured in Sharqiya following protests held in support of ousted Islamist President Mohamed Mursi on Friday, a security source said.

Dozens of Muslim Brotherhood supporters staged a march in a city in Sharqiya, where they faced off with the city's residents, an eye-witness told Aswat Masriya. Skirmishes between both parties further exacerbated when the protesters reportedly blocked a road, the witness added.

The ministry of interior announced in a statement late Friday the arrest of 132 following protests in a number of governorates including Sharqiya, Cairo, Giza and Alexandria.

The pro-Mursi Anti-Coup Alliance called for nationwide protests on Friday, following deadly violence which erupted nationwide on Sunday, marking the fourth anniversary of the January 2011 uprising which toppled the regime of former President Hosni Mubarak. The violence left at least 23 killed.

The alliance called for ongoing protests until February 11, which will be the fourth anniversary of the overthrow of Mubarak's regime. 

Brotherhood supporters have been calling for nationwide protests almost every Friday since the military ouster of Mursi in July 2013, following mass protests against his rule.

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