REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, CAIRO -- A bomb blast in a train and clashes between protesters and security forces rocked Egypt on Thursday, as police quashed demonstrations marking the anniversary of Islamist president Mohamed Morsi's ouster.
The violence came as the pro-Morsi Muslim Brotherhood-led Anti-Coup Alliance issued an aggressive rallying cry demanding a "day of anger" to mark the occasion.
Nine people were wounded when a bomb hidden in a briefcase near a passenger seat exploded inside a train compartment in the Mediterranean city of Alexandria late Thursday, security officials and state media said.
One person was killed by gunshot during clashes in a Cairo district as pro-Morsi supporters fought with police, while a policeman was killed also by gunshot when his checkpoint was torched by protesters late Thursday in the capital, security officials said.
Three other policemen suffered burn injuries when the checkpoint was torched.
Police closed off several main squares in Cairo and scoured neighbourhoods to head off protests earlier on Thursday.
In the capital's Ain Shams district, black-clad riot policemen fired tear gas and shotguns to disperse a few dozen protesters who burned tyres on a road.
Police also broke up protests elsewhere in Cairo.
Thirty-nine wanted activists were arrested ahead of Thursday's protests, and more than 200 allegedly illegal demonstrators were detained during the day, the interior ministry said.
The ministry of health said at least 24 people were wounded in clashes nationwide.
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