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Egypt unrest: Six deaths at Muslim Brotherhood protests | |
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At least six people have died in clashes between police and Muslim Brotherhood demonstrators across Egypt. | |
The Muslim Brotherhood put the death toll at 17. Dozens of people, including police, have been wounded. | |
The fighting spread through Cairo and other cities, including Alexandria, Fayoum and Ismailiya, as police fired tear gas to disperse demonstrators. | |
Authorities have recently intensified a crackdown on the movement, which has been declared a terrorist group. | |
In Friday's violence, police fought with demonstrators, some throwing stones and fireworks, in several districts in the capital, AFP news agency reported. | |
A police car was hit by petrol bombs and set alight, the agency said. | |
State news agency Mena said several people were hurt by birdshot in the clashes in Alexandria. | |
The latest clashes come a day after two people were killed in violence at an Islamist demonstration in the northern coastal city. | |
Supporters of the Brotherhood's ousted President Mohammed Morsi have held frequent protests since he was removed by the military in July. | |
The Brotherhood, which had been banned since September from all activity, was declared a terrorist group in December after it was blamed for a suicide bombing of a police headquarters in the Nile Delta. | The Brotherhood, which had been banned since September from all activity, was declared a terrorist group in December after it was blamed for a suicide bombing of a police headquarters in the Nile Delta. |
The Brotherhood denied carrying out the attack. A Sinai-based Salafist-jihadist group, Ansar Bayt al-Maqdis, said it was behind the bombing, which killed at least 15 people. | The Brotherhood denied carrying out the attack. A Sinai-based Salafist-jihadist group, Ansar Bayt al-Maqdis, said it was behind the bombing, which killed at least 15 people. |
Mr Morsi's government - the first to be democratically elected in Egypt - was toppled on 3 July following widespread anti-Brotherhood demonstrations. | Mr Morsi's government - the first to be democratically elected in Egypt - was toppled on 3 July following widespread anti-Brotherhood demonstrations. |
Since then, thousands of Brotherhood members, including its leadership, had been arrested and many put on trial. | |
The ousted president is on trial on several charges, including incitement to murder. |