Updated: Three dead in Mansoura after pro, anti Morsi protesters clash

Ahram Online , Saturday 20 Jul 2013

3 dead after clashes erupt between supporters and opponents of ousted president Mohamed Morsi in Egypt's Nile Delta

Three women were killed Friday during clashes between supporters and opponents of ousted president Mohamed Morsi protesters in Egypt's Nile Delta city of Mansoura, Al-Ahram Arabic news website reported.
 
Live rounds, birdshot and knives were used, leaving 7 injured, according to witnesses who talked to Al-Ahram Arabic news website.
 
Demonstrators from both sides took to the streets in Cairo and several Egypt of provinces on Friday.
 
Hundreds of thousands of Morsi supporters took to the streets across the country on Friday calling for his reinstatement and have been staging daily protests since his deposition on 3 July after mass nationwide protests against him.
 
Meanwhile, in the Upper Egypt's Qena city scuffles between the rival sides were also reported Friday. Police broke up the minor clashes between protesters from both sides, Al-Ahram reported.
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