Clashes broke out on Saturday in Cairo and Egypt’s second city Alexandria between opponents and supporters of Islamist President Mohammed Morsi, injuring 10 people, the official MENA news agency said.
The bloodiest clashes were in Alexandria where nine people were hurt and hospitalised after fighting broke out in the coastal city’s Sidi Gaber district near offices of Morsi’s Muslim Brotherhood group, MENA said, quoting health ministry official Khaled al-Khatib.
Security forces were rushed to the the area, where they used teargas to disperse the two sides, the agency said, adding that opponents and supporters of Mursi had pelted each other with stones and Molotov cocktails.
In Cairo, one person was injured during a demonstration attended by hundreds outside the High Court, where protesters were demanding the resignation of prosecutor general Talaat Abdallah, who was appointed by Morsi in December.