Egypt security forces kill 6 protesters in Cairo

Egyptian security forces have killed at least six anti-government protesters during rallies staged in and around the capital city of Cairo, an official says.

Clashes between supporters of ousted Egyptian president, Mohamed Morsi, and police left five protesters dead in the Giza district of the capital on Friday, an unidentified official said.

Another anti-government demonstrator was killed in the Ain Shams suburb of the capital.

Meanwhile, four policemen were wounded when security forces moved in to disperse the protesters.

Demonstrations took place in several other cities across Egypt.

Four people were killed in Cairo during similar clashes on Thursday.

The anti-government protesters took to the streets to mark the first anniversary of the mass killing of Morsi’s supporters in Cairo last year.

The rallies were called by the pro-Morsi Anti-Coup Alliance under the slogan “We demand retribution.”

On August 14, 2013, after then army chief and now President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi ousted Egypt’s first freely elected president, the security forces launched a brutal crackdown on thousands of the Morsi supporters at protest camps in Rabaa al-Adawiya and Nahda squares, leaving hundreds of people dead.

Human Rights Watch (HRW) said in a report released on Tuesday that the assault was “one of the largest killings of demonstrators in a single day in recent history.”

Since Morsi’s ouster on July 3 last year, Egypt has been the scene of anti-government protests with continuous clashes between security forces and Morsi’s supporters.

Rights groups say the government crackdown on the supporters of Morsi has left over 1,400 people dead.