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Morsi supporters clash with riot police in Cairo

Supporters of Egyptian president Mohamed Morsi waving a national flag run from tear gas during clashes with riot police. Credit: Reuters

Police fired tear gas in central Cairo last night when protesters calling for the reinstatement of the ousted Islamist president, Mohamed Morsi, scuffled with drivers and passers-by annoyed that they had blocked major roads.

Supporters of Morsi, Egypt's first freely elected president, threw rocks at police near Ramses Street, one of the capital's main thoroughfares, and on the Sixth of October Bridge over the Nile in the first outbreak of violence in Egypt in a week.