One person died and at least 35 were wounded during clashes between the supporters and opponents of ousted President Mohamed Morsi in Alexandria, Egypt’s second-largest city. Demonstrators in a march supporting Morsi were involved in scuffles with army supporters in the Alexandria neighborhood of El-Mansheya in the late hours of Tuesday. Birdshots and live rounds were reportedly fired by protesters in the clashes. “One person was killed and dozens were injured. The hospital is ready to receive the wounded and treat them immediately,” Osama Aboul-Saoud, head of Alexandria’s University hospital, told state-run news agency MENA. A bus was torched and windows of many restaurants and shops were smashed in the clashes, according to Ahram’s Arabic-language news website. Around 300 people have been killed since the army overthrew Morsi on 3 July, incurring the wrath of Islamists who have held numerous marches and protests since then to demand his reinstatement.
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