Egyptian police fired tear gas today at Islamist protesters, supporters of ousted President Mohamed Morsi, security sources said, while protesters say they were attacked while protesting peacefully.
"They tried to attack the complex of buildings where the Egyptian media is located," said one security official.
However, the tear gas was fired far from two locations where Morsi's supporters have been gathering for a month.
Egyptian security forces intend to remove protesters from the two squares, raising fears of bloodshed.
"The police fired tear gas at the demonstrators who were peacefully protesting against the coup the moment they arrived in front of the media complex," said the Justice and Freedom Party, the political wing of the Islamist Muslim Brotherhood to which Morsi belongs.
Police ousted and arrested Egypt's first democratically elected president, Mohamed Morsi, on July 3 after mass demonstrations against his Muslim Brotherhood.
Opponents of the Muslim Brotherhood accuse this group of seizing all power and destroying the already weak Egyptian economy.
Morsi's supporters condemn the coup in the country and have been protesting for a month in two squares in Cairo, but the police announced yesterday that they are ready to evict them, while representatives of the international community call for restraint.
In the last few days, diplomatic actions have been intensified to resolve the situation in Egypt in a peaceful way, but so far no result is visible.
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