Cairo (Reuters)-An army officer and two soldiers were injured in clashes between protesters and security forces in Port Said in northern Egypt on Sunday (3/3), said Helmy el-Hefny, Deputy Health Minister in Port Said, told Xinhua.
Although the Government-owned Ahram online daily quoting military sources reported one description of a soldier killed, Abdel Rahman Farag--on duty at the hospital Port Said--confirmed three people injured and one soldier was in critical condition.
According to a statement issued by Egypt's armed forces at the official his Facebook, clashes between protestors and security forces has killed a soldier--who was shot in the neck by an unidentified person.
The statement denied reports earlier that a soldier was killed during a gun battle between the raw-the armed forces and police personnel. He urged residents in Port Said in order not to approach the headquarters of the Governor or the institution guarded by Armed Forces personnel for the sake of the safety of their lives.
More than 310 people injured on Sunday in clashes between security forces and protesters on the handover of the prisoners on the coast of Port Said, Egypt Gubernuran, Xinhua reported. Meanwhile, the unrest has entered the weekend third in the region, said the Ministry of health.
Protesters clash with police, while the Interior Ministry decided to relocate the prisoners waiting for the ruling of 29 regarding the tragic riots at soccer matches so that killed more than 70 people in February last year, in order to avoid a riot, said Egypt's official news agency, MENA.
As many as 200 people from families of prisoners gathered outside the police station in Port Said, after they learned that their families will be moved to the prison of the unknown.
Protestors threw petrol bombs and fireballs into the building the police station and set fire to a police car, while security officers retaliated with tear gas to disperse the mob.
Elsewhere in Egypt, dozens of protesters blocking the path of el-Bahr on the traffic circle in the city of Mahalla Shoon, Gharbiya, with roadblocks and burned tires. Protestors also threw stones in the direction of a passing car.
In another incident the demonstrators in At-Tharir Roundabout in Central Cairo to put the tires burned at the entrance to the circle, so that traffic flow is completely at a standstill. Meanwhile the Interior Ministry ordered all police personnel to traffic leaving the roundabout to avoid further clashes, said MENA.
On Sunday morning, the protest was carried out by a group of football fans who were in Cairo on the streets Of Salem--leading to the international airport, thus blocking the U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry take the train just in time.
Protestors shut down the road really was, after some protesters burned car tires, making passengers leave the car and hurried walk so as not to lag behind their aircraft. (C003)
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