Egyptian opposition supporters shout slogans during a demonstration against President Mohamed Morsi and the Muslim Brotherhood in Cairo's landmark Liberation Square on June 29, 2013.
Several people, including one US citizen, have been killed in the ongoing violent clashes between supporters and opponents of President Mohammed Morsi across Egypt.
The casualties come as both pro-and anti-Morsi demonstrators staged mass rallies across the North African country on Friday evening.
Local security officials say the American was stabbed to death in Egypt's second city of Alexandria.
The United States is warning its citizens against travels to Egypt and has also asked its non-emergency diplomatic staff to leave the volatile country.
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In Port Saeed, one person died and several others were injured after a gas cylinder exploded among protesters.
Meanwhile, another protester also died during clashes in the city of Mansoura.
Several offices of the Muslim Brotherhood, which backs President Morsi, were set on fire in various regions of the violence-wracked country.
The Egyptian authorities are reported to have called in riot police and army helicopters to try to quell the ongoing violence.
The fresh clashes come as spiraling violence has already claimed several lives across the North African country in recent weeks.
Several political groups say the government is dominated by Muslim Brotherhood. The opposition also accuses Morsi of deviating from the 2011 revolution that toppled the Western-backed regime of Hosni Mubarak.
Morsi’s supporters, however, say the president is cleansing Egyptian institutions of corruption. They also believe that he needs time to put into practice the principles of the 2011 revolution.
Egypt has witnessed continuing anti-government protests since Morsi took office in June 2012 in a landmark election held following the ouster of Mubarak.
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