One Killed as Egypt Police Clash with Students
At least one person was killed Wednesday in clashes between Egyptian police and student supporters of deposed President Mohammed Morsi, as protests resumed on campuses across the country.
A 15-year-old boy was shot dead outside Beni Suef University south of Cairo, a hospital official said.
And at Cairo University, police fired tear gas at almost 2,000 protesters who threw stones and launched fireworks, an AFP correspondent said.
Morsi was ousted by the military last July, and his supporters have staged near-daily rallies since then.
And student demonstrations crippled universities, delaying until this month a new semester that was to have begun in February.
A police crackdown on the Islamists has killed more than 1,400 people in clashes, and thousands, including much of the leadership of Morsi's Muslim Brotherhood movement, have been jailed.
Morsi himself faces three trials on various charges, including that of collusion with militant groups.
He was Egypt's first democratically elected and civilian president, but his single and turbulent year in power widely alienated many who held mass rallies calling for his resignation before the army stepped in.
Source: Agence France Presse
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