New encounters between security forces and protesters broke out in Suez Governorate northeast of Cairo, as “Day of Anger" protests continued for a third day. The clashes extended to new areas of the governorate in protest of the deaths of at least four people.
Large numbers of security personnel deployed through the area during the early morning and–in a bid to prevent citizens from demonstrating during the funeral procession of two protesters killed Tuesday–they gathered in force in front of the morgue holding the protesters' bodies.
Opposition groups called for the protests earlier this month on 25 January, Egypt's Police Day.
A large group occupied the area opposite the morgue after authorities delayed transferring a dead protester’s body to his family. Demonstrators later clashed with security agents stationed inside the morgue, pelting them with stones.
An eyewitness said demonstrators Thursday morning set a police station on fire. Police fled before the building went up in flames, the witness said.
On Wednesday, other protesters also set a number of other buildings aflame including a government building and the office of the ruling party.
Security authorities imposed an undeclared curfew as police vehicles patrolled streets, asking citizens to remain in their homes and businesses to remain shuttered.
