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At least five people have been killed at demonstrations in support of the Muslim Brotherhood after the interim government deemed it a "terrorist organization," sources have told Al Jazeera.
A 20-year-old protester was shot and killed in Damietta province, while another protester was killed in Menia when a tear gas canister struck him in the face, as police dispersed rallies across Egypt on Friday in support of the Muslim Brotherhood. A third person was also killed, according to Egypt's interior ministry.
Another 265 people have been arrested throughout the country, and two police cars were set ablaze in Cairo and Menia.
Egyptian police forces fired tear gas and birdshot at protesters at Al-Azhar University in the capital's northern district of Nasr City earlier in the day, amid an intensified crackdown on supporters of the Brotherhood.
The protests on Friday were fueled by the death of a student at the historic seat of Sunni Muslim learning late on Thursday, as protesters defied a law issued by the government on Wednesday labeling the Muslim Brotherhood a terrorist group.
Police and protesters also clashed in the Suez Canal city of Ismailia, where gunfire was heard, and in Damietta, in the Nile Delta, after Friday prayers.
The Muslim Brotherhood has vowed to keep up their protests, despite the arrests.
"Let's begin with full force and peacefulness a new wave of majestic anti-coup action," the Brotherhood-led Anti-Coup Alliance said in a statement on Friday.
More than 20 Muslim Brotherhood supporters were also arrested on Thursday on accusations of belonging to and passing out leaflets in support of the movement, according to Egypt's state media agency, MENA.
Anyone accused of taking part in pro-Muslim Brotherhood rallies, possessing the group's literature, or supporting the group "verbally or in writing" could be sentenced to five years in prison, the Interior Ministry said.
A months-long clampdown against the Islamist group, which has won every vote since the 2011 uprising toppling former President Hosni Mubarak, was upped after a Tuesday blast in the Nile Delta city of Mansoura ripped through a police station and killed 14 people.
Egyptian army chief General Abdel Fattah el-Sisi, who led the July 3 military coup following mass protests against President Mohammed Morsi, vowed to fight "black terrorism."
His pledges were renewed after another bomb striking a bus on Thursday injured five people near Al-Azhar.
"Egypt will stand firmly in confronting terrorism and the people will never be afraid as long as the army is present," he said during an army graduation ceremony on Thursday in Cairo.
The Muslim Brotherhood was blamed for Tuesday's attack, although an Al-Qaeda-inspired group known as Ansar Bayt al-Makdis claimed responsibility. The Brotherhood denied any involvement in the attack.
No party has claimed responsibility for Thursday's bomb.
Al Jazeera and wire services
Police and protesters also clashed in the Suez Canal city of Ismailia, where gunfire was heard, and in Damietta, in the Nile Delta, after Friday prayers.
The Muslim Brotherhood has vowed to keep up their protests, despite the arrests.
"Let's begin with full force and peacefulness a new wave of majestic anti-coup action," the Brotherhood-led Anti-Coup Alliance said in a statement on Friday.
More than 20 Muslim Brotherhood supporters were also arrested on Thursday on accusations of belonging to and passing out leaflets in support of the movement, according to Egypt's state media agency, MENA.
Anyone accused of taking part in pro-Muslim Brotherhood rallies, possessing the group's literature, or supporting the group "verbally or in writing" could be sentenced to five years in prison, the Interior Ministry said.
A months-long clampdown against the Islamist group, which has won every vote since the 2011 uprising toppling former President Hosni Mubarak, was upped after a Tuesday blast in the Nile Delta city of Mansoura ripped through a police station and killed 14 people.
Egyptian army chief General Abdel Fattah el-Sisi, who led the July 3 military coup following mass protests against President Mohammed Morsi, vowed to fight "black terrorism."
His pledges were renewed after another bomb striking a bus on Thursday injured five people near Al-Azhar.
"Egypt will stand firmly in confronting terrorism and the people will never be afraid as long as the army is present," he said during an army graduation ceremony on Thursday in Cairo.
The Muslim Brotherhood was blamed for Tuesday's attack, although an al-Qaeda-inspired group known as Ansar Bayt al-Makdis claimed responsibility. The Brotherhood denied any involvement in the attack.
No party has claimed responsibility for Thursday's bomb.
Police and protesters also clashed in the Suez Canal city of Ismailia, where gunfire was heard, and in Damietta, in the Nile Delta, after Friday prayers.
The Muslim Brotherhood has vowed to keep up their protests, despite the arrests.
"Let's begin with full force and peacefulness a new wave of majestic anti-coup action," the Brotherhood-led Anti-Coup Alliance said in a statement on Friday.
More than 20 Muslim Brotherhood supporters were also arrested on Thursday on accusations of belonging to and passing out leaflets in support of the movement, according to Egypt's state media agency, MENA.
Anyone accused of taking part in pro-Muslim Brotherhood rallies, possessing the group's literature, or supporting the group "verbally or in writing" could be sentenced to five years in prison, the Interior Ministry said.
A months-long clampdown against the Islamist group, which has won every vote since the 2011 uprising toppling former President Hosni Mubarak, was upped after a Tuesday blast in the Nile Delta city of Mansoura ripped through a police station and killed 14 people.
Egyptian army chief General Abdel Fattah el-Sisi, who led the July 3 military coup following mass protests against President Mohammed Morsi, vowed to fight "black terrorism."
His pledges were renewed after another bomb striking a bus on Thursday injured five people near Al-Azhar.
"Egypt will stand firmly in confronting terrorism and the people will never be afraid as long as the army is present," he said during an army graduation ceremony on Thursday in Cairo.
The Muslim Brotherhood was blamed for Tuesday's attack, although an al-Qaeda-inspired group known as Ansar Bayt al-Makdis claimed responsibility. The Brotherhood denied any involvement in the attack.
No party has claimed responsibility for Thursday's bomb.
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