Egyptian protesters wave their national flag as they shout political slogans against
President Mohamed Morsi's decree granting himself broad powers during
a demonstration in Cairo's Tahrir Square on November 2
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Police in Cairo used teargas against protesters after clashes erupted on Tahrir Square, leaving one dead. The violence came before a 100,000-strong rally demanding the country’s Islamist president withdraw decrees vastly expanding his power.
Police fired tear gas after hundreds of demonstrators began pelting them with rocks on a street between the US Embassy and the historic square which served as the epicenter of the uprising that toppled authoritarian president Hosni Mubarak nearly two years ago.
Meanwhile, protesters stormed the headquarters of the Muslim Brotherhood in the country’s second largest city of Alexandria. The crowd broke in to the building hurling papers and furniture from a balcony.
Activists reported that a protester in his 20s died in Cairo as a result of being exposed to too much tear gas, making him the fourth person to lose his life in clashes across Egypt over the last five days.
Egypt’s ministry of interior reported on Tuesday 348 “troublemakers” had been arrested following street battles between police and protesters. Around 216 policemen were reportedly injured in the clashes.
Liberal and secular demonstrators, as well as those loyal to former president Hosni Mubarak, have been staging sit-in protests on the square since Friday to demand President Mohamed Morsi revoke recent decrees granting him sweeping powers.
Later in the evening, tends of thousands poured onto Tahrir Square aftering marching from various points throughout the city. Amidst a sea of Egyptian flags, the crowd chanted slogans against Morsi and the Muslim Brotherhood.
Egyptian protesters wave their national flag as they shout political slogans against President Mohamed Morsi's decree granting himself broad powers during a demonstration in Cairo's Tahrir Square on November 27, 2012 (AFP Photo / Gianluigi Guercia)
The Muslim Brotherhood, who backed Morsi’s presidential bid, and the ultraconservative Nour party decided to cancel a counterdemonstration amidst concerns it would lead to more violence.
Rallies are also being held in the Nile Delta cities of Mansura, Tanta and Mahla and in the central provinces of Assiut, Sohag and Minya.
Thousands of protesters in Mahla, who gathered on the central square claim to have come under fire during their rally.
Watch report of the Cairo-based journalist Bel Trew
Anti-Mursi judges gather at Tahrir Square in Cairo November 27, 2012
A general view of anti-Mursi protesters chanting anti-government slogans in Tahrir Square in Cairo November 27, 2012
Protesters run to hide from tear gas during clashes with police near Tahrir Square as anti-Morsi protesters start to gather in the square in Cairo November 27, 2012.
Egyptian protesters wave their national flag as they shout political slogans against President Mohamed Morsi's decree granting himself broad powers during a demonstrations in Cairo's Tahrir Square on November 27, 2012.
Riot police use tear gas during clashes with anti-Morsi protesters at Tahrir Square in Cairo November 27, 2012
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