The unidentified protester was killed in an exchange of gunfire between police and demonstrators who were trying to free detainees from a police station, the official said.
The clashes came as massive nationwide rallies demanding the resignation of President Hosni Mubarak raged for an 18th day.
About 1,000 protesters broke off from a larger group demonstrating in the city, and headed towards a police station, lobbing firebombs and burning police cars, witnesses said.
More than a million people poured onto the streets of Egypt after the main weekly Muslim prayers across the country to demand the resignation of President Hosni Mubarak.
Anti-government protests erupted on January 25 and have left at least 300 people dead and many more injured or detained. (*)
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