Two were killed and others were injured when bloody clashes flared between residents of a Minya village and demonstrators marching to support deposed President Mohamed Mursi on Tuesday.

The two parties exchanged gunfire, resulting in the death of Reda Mohamed Ahmed, 20, and Mokhtar Ibrahim, 29, an eyewitness and security forces said.

Several houses of Muslim Brotherhood supporters were torched in Minya’s Saft Abu Gerg Village.

Some residents set the house of Mokhtar Hendi, a Brotherhood leader, on fire.

The violence was renewed later on Tuesday after the funeral of the two dead victims.

Army and security forces attempted to break up the clashes and control the escalating violence.