The clashes erupted early in the afternoon, the witnesses said. Live footage on satellite station ONTV showed crowds throwing rocks at each other in the neighbourhood.
Morsi`s supporters and backers of the military that overthrew him on July 3 are both staging rival rallies across Egypt.
Witnesses said the clashes in Cairo began after Morsi`s opponents, who rallied at the behest of the military, burned posters of the ousted Islamist leader.(*)
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