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Pro and anti-Morsi protesters clash in Egyptian capital, Cairo

Iran Press TV

Fri Jul 26, 2013 1:56PM GMT

Fresh clashes have erupted between thousands of supporters and opponents of ousted president, Mohamed Morsi, in Egypt's capital city of Cairo, security sources say.

Thousands of demonstrators held mass rallies in different parts of the city for and against the two rival camps -- the army and the Muslim Brotherhood.

Egyptian media say fresh violence broke out on Shubra neighborhood, in northeast of capital Cairo. Live footage on the Egyptian ONTV showed crowds were throwing stones at each other in Shubra and its adjacent areas.

Medical sources say at least 10 people were injured in the ongoing violent clashes between supporters and opponents of Morsi, in the port city of Damietta, some 200 kilometers north of the capital, Cairo.

Thousands of supporters of the Muslim Brotherhood also held demonstrations in the Mediterranean city of Alexandria on Friday afternoon.

The mass rallies come after Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood called for a peaceful stand against the recent military coup that toppled president, Morsi. In a statement on Thursday, the movement's leader, Mohamed Badie, asked Egyptians to spill into the streets and demand freedom and legitimacy.

This is while the country's army chief, Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi, had also called for nationwide protests on Friday. Al-Sisi said in a speech that the nationwide rally will give the army a mandate to fight "violence and terrorism," which have engulfed Egypt following the ouster of Morsi on July 3.

In a separate development, the country's top court has ordered Morsi to remain in custody on a series of charges including killing soldiers during a jailbreak dated to the final days of Mubarak's rule. Back in 2011, some members of Muslim Brotherhood and other political groups escaped from prison.

Morsi will also be questioned over collaboration with Palestinian movement Hamas. Hamas however, has denounced the charges as false and baseless.

Morsi, Egypt's first freely-elected president was toppled by a military coup in earlier July. He has been held in an undisclosed location since then.

Dozens of people have been killed in an unrelenting wave of violent clashes among Morsi supporters, his opponents, and security forces.

JR/SS