Violence erupts in Egypt



CAIRO (CNN) -- Violence erupted here Friday as people demonstrated in support of and in opposition to Wednesday's military coup, which ousted the nation's first democratically elected president.

One person was killed and seven were injured when a group of armed men attacked a police station in Haram, a neighborhood of Giza in greater Cairo, a spokesman for the health ministry said.

At least 10 people were injured in clashes between supporters of former President Mohamed Morsy and residents in the city of Damanhour, about 160 kilometers (100 miles) northwest of Cairo, Egyptian state broadcaster Nile TV said Friday.

A number of Morsy supporters were wounded by gunshots as they tried to storm the Republican Guard headquarters in Cairo, state broadcaster Nile TV said Friday.

Outside Cairo University, throngs of pro-Morsy demonstrators formed human chains as others participating in a sit-in shouted, "Police are thugs!"

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One officer told CNN that all troops had been pulled from streets leading to the sit-in so as not to provoke demonstrators and to avoid clashes. None of the army troops seen there in the past two days were present.

Demonstrators said they were angry they were not getting coverage from local TV, especially after the Islamist channels were closed.

At nearby Tahrir Square, supporters of the new government held their own demonstration.

The counter demonstrations occurred as the African Union announced Friday that it has suspended Egypt from its ranks of member countries.

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