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Rival crowds of protesters hurled rocks, missiles, and fireworks.
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By BEN HUBBARD, DAVID D. KIRKPATRICK and RICK GLADSTONE
CAIRO — Islamist supporters of Mohamed Morsi, Egypt’s newly ousted president, held enormous and defiant protests across Cairo and elsewhere on Friday demanding his reinstatement and engaging in sometimes deadly clashes with security forces and anti-Morsi demonstrators that threatened to further deepen the country’s polarization.
Witnesses said at least five pro-Morsi demonstrators were killed and many more wounded in gunfire outside the Republican Guard compound where Mr. Morsi was believed to be detained, as thousands confronted a phalanx of armed soldiers, armored vehicles and barbed wire ringing the facility. “Where’s Morsi?” they screamed.
Witnesses said at least five pro-Morsi demonstrators were killed and many more wounded in gunfire outside the Republican Guard compound where Mr. Morsi was believed to be detained, as thousands confronted a phalanx of armed soldiers, armored vehicles and barbed wire ringing the facility. “Where’s Morsi?” they screamed.
Rival crowds of protesters hurled rocks, missiles, Molotov cocktails and fireworks at each other elsewhere in the capital, including Tahrir Square, the spiritual center of Egypt’s 2011 revolution, and the 6th October Bridge, a heavily traveled elevated highway in central Cairo. Ahram Online, the English-language Web site of Egypt’s leading newspaper, said that at least one person was killed in those confrontations. Violent faceoffs were also reported in Alexandria and other cities
