Egypt: 9 injured in pro-Morsi protest, 2 killed in tribal clashes

Nine people were injured Thursday when Egyptian police dispersed a protest by supporters of ousted president Mohamed Morsi in the northeastern province of Suez, eyewitnesses said.

Gunfire was heard in al-Gharib area as clashes erupted between the police and protesters, the witnesses added.

A statement by the main pro-Morsi bloc, the National Alliance for the Defense of Legitimacy, confirmed the injured victims and said that they were not treated at government hospitals over fears of being arrested.

A security source said that police forces used teargas to break up the pro-Morsi protest.

The rally came as part of ongoing protests called by the alliance to show support for the ousted president and rejection to recently-elected President Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi, the former army general who led the army to oust democratically elected Morsi last July.

2 killed in southern Egypt tribal clashes

Meanwhile, two people were killed late Thursday in another outbreak of a tribal vendetta in Egypt's southernmost province of Aswan, tribal sources said.

According to the sources, clashes erupted earlier in the day between the Nubian Daboudia tribe and the Arab Hilaliya tribe, which left two members of the former tribe dead.

The two bodies were found to be totally charred when they arrived at an Aswan morgue, the sources added.

Eyewitnesses said that a fight erupted between members of the two rival clans on Sadiriya Bridge in Aswan, which left two Daboudia tribesmen dead.

The members of the Hilaliya tribe put the bodies of the two victims on a donkey-drawn cart and toured their neighbourhood before they set the two bodies on fire, the witnesses added.

Security forces arrived in the site in an attempt to prevent any further violence, the eyewitnesses added.

Clashes between the two tribes in early April left at least 26 people dead and scores of others injured.

Out of the 26 dead victims from the clashes, 14 had their throats slit, according to Aswan's chief prosecutor who investigated the clashes back then.

The prosecutor added that four more victims were burned alive.