CAIRO: Two Egyptian protesters were shot dead during clashes with police late on Thursday in the city of Suez, medical sources said, amid anger over the deaths of 74 people in football-related violence.
Thirty people were injured in the clashes that killed the two men, the sources asserted, without saying who fired the fatal shots.
Witnesses said that police had fired tear gas in a bid to disperse hundreds of protesters before resorting to live ammunition.
However a security source said officers had not opened fire on the protesters, adding that hundreds of people who "attacked" the local security headquarters in the northeastern city were themselves armed.
Earlier Thursday thousands had protested in Cairo, accusing the ruling military council, which took power when veteran president Hosni Mubarak was ousted one year ago, of mismanaging the country during a fragile transition.
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