(Photo by Hamed Abu El-Dahab)
Conscript Mohamed Ali Abdulhafiz from the Central Security Forces was shot dead, while three officers were injured by live bullets during clashes between protesters and security forces in the Cairo neighbourhood of Matariya on Sunday, the interior ministry said.
Interior ministry spokesperson Hany Abdulatif told state-owned news agency MENA that 150 citizens were arrested across Egypt, on charges of rioting.
In Matariya, the interior ministry said that a car exploded after it was torched by fireworks, while in Ain Shams, the Students Against the Coup spokesman said that a man was killed after being shot in the head by live rounds during clashes.
Last year Matariya saw the worst violence during the third anniversary of the 25 January Revolution, as pro-Morsi protesters confronted local residents and riot police. WikiThawra, an independent database dedicated to the Egyptian revolution, listed 30 dead and 70 injured in the mentioned incident.
