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Two protesters were killed as supporters of the Muslim Brotherhood clashed with police in Cairo and other cities across Egypt, medical and security sources said, in a show of defiance despite a state crackdown on the Islamist movement. | |
Islamists opposed to the army's overthrow of President Mohamed Morsi have been holding daily demonstrations ever since the army-backed government declared the Brotherhood a terrorist group last month, a move that upped the penalties for dissent. | |
One demonstrator was shot dead by police in the Suez canal city of Ismailia, after a march set off from a mosque after midday prayers, medical sources said. | |
In the rural province of Fayoum, south-west of Cairo, a protester died from a bullet wound to the head, local health ministry official Medhat Shukri said. | |
The violence took place less than two weeks before a vote on a new constitution, a milestone in the roadmap that the army-backed authorities say will pave the way for a return to democratic rule by next summer. | |
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