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One student killed in Cairo University clashes

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At least one university student is feared dead in Egypt’s capital, Cairo, after riot police attacked an anti-regime demonstration inside Cairo University.

This comes after police fired tear gas and birdshot to disperse the protesters at the campus in Cairo on Monday.

Dozens of people, including a journalist, were also injured in the crackdown.

Violent clashes have been also reported in the universities of the cities of Zagazig and Asyut.

A number of students were injured and several others bussed to detention centers.

The protest rallies come hours after Egypt’s former defense minister, Abdel Fattah el-Sisi, officially submitted his bid to run for president.

Sisi led the overthrow of former president, Mohamed Morsi, suspended the constitution and dissolved the parliament in July last year.

Sisi is also accused of leading a severe crackdown against supporters of Morsi and the Muslim Brotherhood.

The fierce clashes at university campuses have been the latest in a new wave of bloody crackdown against anti-military students.

Several international bodies and the UN Human Rights Council have expressed concern over the Egyptian security forces’ heavy-handed crackdown and the killing of peaceful anti-government protesters.

Egypt has been experiencing unrelenting violence since Morsi was ousted on July 3, 2013.

Figures show Egypt’s military-backed government has jailed nearly 16,000 people over the past few months.

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