CAIRO: An Egyptian demonstrator was killed early Sunday in protests against the country's military rulers in front of the security headquarters in Alexandria, a local health ministry official said.
Baha Eddin Mohamed Hussein, 25, was killed by a rubber bullet while Chadi Ali, 16, was wounded, Salama Abdel Moneim, a doctor and health ministry official in the northern city, was quoted as saying by the official MENA news agency.
Clashes had broken out Saturday morning in Cairo's Tahrir Square, with one demonstrator killed and hundreds of people injured as Egyptian police fired rubber bullets and tear gas to break up a sit-in organised by some of the driving forces behind the Arab Spring revolt.
Protests also took place in other cities including Aswan in the south, Alexandria and Suez on the Red Sea where 10 people including seven demonstrators were injured, a security official said.
In Alexandria and Suez, police fired tear gas grenades to disperse the demonstrators, MENA reported.In Cairo, clashes continued early Sunday in front of parliament and the interior ministry near Tahrir Square, epicentre of the 18 days of protests that ousted veteran president Hosni Mubarak in February.
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