Riot police used teargas to quell clashes between supporters and opponents of Egypt’s government in the Mediterranean city of Alexandria on Saturday, the first day of Eid Al-Adha.
Clashes broke out on the first day of the four-day Islamic festival in the eastern district of Mahatet Al-Raml, according to Al-Ahram's Arabic news website.
Marchers and opposing local residents threw stones at each other, while according to eyewitnesses birdshot pellets were also used during the fighting, leading to several injures. No deaths were reported.
Riot police were deployed to the area and used teargas to disperse the crowds, arresting at least two protesters.
Protests are illegal unless approved in advance by the police, according to a law issued last year.
Thousands of protesters have been arrested and jailed under the provisions of the law, including several high profile liberal activists.
Thousands of Islamists have also been jailed under the protest law and for other offences in a crackdown that followed the ouster of ex-president Mohamed Morsi, who hails from the Muslim Brotherhood, last summer by the military on the back of mass protests against his rule.
Despite the crackdown, Morsi supporters continue to demonstrate regularly against the new government, although in vastly reduced numbers.
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