(http://naija2day.com/http%3A//naija2day.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/Naija2day.png//2013/01/Seven-Killed-Hundreds-Injured-in-Egypt-Anniversary-Clashes-300x200.jpg) (http://naija2day.com/http%3A//naija2day.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/Naija2day.png//2013/01/Seven-Killed-Hundreds-Injured-in-Egypt-Anniversary-Clashes.jpg)Overnight clashes between protesters and security forces killed seven people, while Egypt's army deployed in the port city of Suez after violence that laid bare the rifts stymieing Egypt's stability.
The sporadic clashes punctuated the second anniversary of Egypt's 2011 uprising, with President Mohamed Mursi's opponents massing against an Islamist they say has failed to fulfill the revolution's goals.
The military deployed early today in Suez, site of the majority of the fatalities, in a bid to protect state institutions. Protests also erupted in Alexandria, while in Cairo, Mursi's largely secular and youth activist opponents turned out by the tens of thousands in Tahrir Square.
The unrest, which boiled over on the day marking the second anniversary of the start of the uprising that toppled Hosni Mubarak, left at least 476 wounded, the Health Ministry said. It also spotlighted the challenges and opposition to Mursi whose critics contend has focused more on cementing his and the Muslim Brotherhood's grip on power than on reviving the economy and fulfilling the goals of the revolution.
"The people decided to take to the streets to put the revolution back on track," Emad Gad, a former lawmaker with a secular party in the now dissolved parliament's lower house said. "Neither the president, nor the Muslim Brotherhood honor any of the pledges they make."
"Mursi is working for the Brotherhood and not for Egypt," Gad said.
'Leave, Leave' Chants of "leave, leave," and "the people want the fall of the regime" rang out in various cities, a reminder of the calls at the start of the movement that pushed Mubarak from power. Outside Cairo, much of the violence erupted as demonstrators targeted local government buildings and institutions.
Mursi, narrowly elected in June in a runoff against Mubarak's last premier, has fueled discontent by issuing decrees that temporarily expanded his powers and pushing through ratification of an Islamist-drafted constitution.
Mursi offered his condolences to the families of those killed and vowed those responsible would be brought to justice.
"I call on all citizens to hold onto the noble principles of the Egyptian revolution" and to peacefully voice their views, he said on his official Twitter page.
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There is always a lot of controversy in Egypt, they need to cool off pls.
I pity the victims