Clashes between Morsi supporters and security forces, January 8, Cairo, Egypt (photo: Al Ahram Arabic news website)
Clashes erupted between supporters of ousted Islamist president Mohamed Morsi and security forces in the eastern Cairo district of Nasr City, Al-Ahram's Arabic news website reported.
Morsi supporters set ablaze five vehicles, including a police truck, in front of Al-Salam Mosque on the outskirts of Nasr City.
Security was tightened around the mosque where police made some arrests while chasing away protesters who hurled stones and empty bottles at them. Security forces retaliated with teargas to disperse the crowd.
Pro-Morsi protesters had planned to march to the nearby Police Academy in New Cairo, where the second session of Morsi's trial for charges of inciting murder is set to take place, before police forces fired the teargas.
Meanwhile, roads leading to Tahrir Square were closed following calls from pro-Morsi forces to march in support of the ousted president during the trial.
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