At least eight persons have been killed and 221 injured after violence erupted during rallies called by Islamists demanding reinstatement of deposed Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi.
Thousands of Islamists marched from different mosques in Cairo and several governorates after Friday prayers in response to a call by the Muslim Brotherhood's National Alliance to Support Legitimacy.
The alliance called on Egyptians to recover their "stolen revolution" and to "restore their freedom" and denounced the July 3 ouster of the Islamist president by the army.
The health ministry today said eight persons were killed and 221 injured nationwide in clashes yesterday, but it did not distinguish between civilians and police forces.
The ministry said two persons were killed in Cairo, three in Giza and one in each of Port Said, Sharqiya and Ismailia governorates, Ahramonline reported.
Police used teargas to disperse thousands of Islamists in Daqahliya's Mansoura and Upper Egypt's Assiut. In both cities, gunshots were heard from the perimeters of the clashes.
The interior ministry earlier said one civilian and a policeman were shot dead and another policeman was injured when unknown assailants fired indiscriminately at a police unit in El-Nozha area of Cairo's Heliopolis district.
In addition, an army conscript was shot dead and two others injured in an attack by unidentified assailants in the Suez Canal city of Port Said late Friday.
A policeman was shot dead in North Sinai by unknown assailants as he was driving his car in Al-Arish city.
The pro-Morsi alliance said in a statement on Wednesday that August 30 would be "the beginning of a civil disobedience campaign to pressure the putschists to end the coup".
Morsi supporters have been demonstrating for almost two months against the army's overthrow of the President following mass protests against his rule.
A sweeping crackdown on Brotherhood leaders has seen most key figures arrested in recent weeks, impacting the group's ability to organise.
The interim government has accused Morsi supporters of committing "terrorist acts" against its opponents.
