Student killed in ongoing clashes at Cairo University
A student was killed in clashes at Cairo University on Tuesday, the state-owned Middle East News Agency (MENA) reported.
Several students and one police officer were injured in the clashes, according to news website Masrawy.
The students reportedly agitated police by throwing fireworks and setting fires, and police retaliated with birdshot. An ambulance, an administrative building door, and a portion of the faculty of political science were set ablaze during the clashes.
The student killed was identified as Islam Mohamed by state and private media, although pro-Muslim Brotherhood social media users said his name was Islam Ghoneim. He appears to have been active in student protests that have claimed dozens of lives.
MENA also reported that students cut off a road near Assiut University on Tuesday and fired fireworks at the police.
Campuses have become one of the few remaining spaces of dissent amid the current crackdown on freedom of assembly and last year’s Protest Law, which has made it difficult to demonstrate in Egypt.
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