An Egyptian protester flashes victory signs near a police vehicle on fire in Cairo’s Tahrir Square on January 28, 2013 (AFP Photo / Mohammed Abed)
A young man has been shot and killed in clashes near a police station in Port Said, a hospital source told AFP. Violent protests continue across Egypt despite the curfew that came as part of a state of emergency currently in effect there.
The man was killed as a crowd of protesters reportedly tried to attack a police station in Port Said. “The youth died on his way to a hospital in the city of Zagazig,” the source told AFP.
Thousands took to the streets of Port Said Monday during the funerals of the most recent victims of the clashes.
After Port Said’s Sunday clashes ended in the deaths of seven people, President Morsi set curfews in the country’s most volatile cities.
The 9pm to 6am curfew is currently in place in Port Said, Suez and Ismailia.
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Egyptian mourners carry a placard reading in Arabic “Port Said wants to trial the war criminal Morsi’” as they march in the canal city of Port Said on January 28, 2013 (AFP Photo / Str)
Egyptian mourners carry the coffins of six people killed in clashes the day before, during their funeral in Port Said, on January 28, 2013 (AFP Photo / Str)
