Gunmen have shot dead a Coptic Christian priest in Egypt's lawless Northern Sinai as violence escalates in the country with more than 36 killed since Friday afternoon.
Thirty-six Egyptians have been killed and more than 1,404others wounded in clashes between opponents and supporters of ousted President Mohamed Morsi and in clashes between pro-Morsi protesters and security forces.
A Muslim Brotherhood’s leader says ouster of Egyptian president Mohamed Morsi was a military coup that brought down the first democratically elected government of the country.
Militants have attacked Egyptian army roadblocks in the north of the Sinai Peninsula.
Video published by Egyptian media shows body of a supporter of the ousted Egyptian president Mohamed Morsi, after he was killed during clashes between army and pro-Morsi protesters.
Egypt’s Army has arrested Khairat al-Shater, the deputy leader of the Muslim Brotherhood, an Egyptian Interior Ministry general has announced.
Clashes involving gunfire between supporters and opponents of ousted Egyptian president Mohamed Morsi has left several killed and scores injured across Egypt.
At least 30 people have been killed and hundreds are injured in violent clashes across Egypt according to Egyptian Health Ministry officials.
The interim Egyptian head of state who was appointed after the army ousted President Mohamed Mursi dissolved parliament by decree on Friday, state television said.
At least three people were killed when soldiers and supporters of ousted Egyptian president Mohamed Morsi exchanged gunfire near the Republican Guard headquarters in Cairo on Friday, an AFP correspondent reported.