CAIRO – Egyptian police fired tear gas at stone-throwing Islamist
protesters in two cities on Friday, after authorities vowed to crack
down on rallies by the Muslim Brotherhood following its designation as a
terrorist group.
Smoke rose from Al-Azhar university’s student
dormitory in Cairo as police fired tear gas, while protesters pelted
them with rocks from inside the building, AFP correspondents said.
Police
also clashed with protesters in the Suez Canal city of Ismailiya, an
AFP correspondent said, while state media reported that police fired
tear gas at other protesters in Cairo.
Police have vowed not to
tolerate protests by Brotherhood members, who are demanding the
reinstatement of deposed president Mohamed Morsi, after the government
listed the movement as a terrorist organisation on Wednesday.
The
drastic decision to blacklist the Brotherhood came a day after a suicide
bombing of a police building killed 15 people, in an attack claimed by a
jihadist group but officially blamed on the Brotherhood.
The
interior ministry overnight said a man was killed in clashes around
Al-Azhar university between Islamist students and civilians who opposed
them.
Tensions have soared in the capital since a homemade bomb
went off next to a public transport bus on Thursday, wounding five
people.
The Brotherhood has denounced its listing as a terrorist organisation and said it would continue to hold peaceful rallies.
It
has since Morsi’s overthrow by the military on July held almost daily
protests, despite a crackdown that has killed more than 1,000 people in
clashes and imprisoned thousands of Islamists.(AFP)
Friday, December 27, 2013
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