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By Freeman Makopa

At least 11 people have died in clashes between police and demonstrators across Egypt, the health Ministry said.

The violence which left dozens of people, including police, have been wounded,The Muslim Brotherhood put the death toll at 17 and was reported in the capital Cairo and the cities of Alexandria, Fayoum and Ismailia are believed to have been caused by intensified a crackdown on the movement, which has been declared a terrorist group.

In this deadly incident police fought with demonstrators, some throwing stones and fireworks and setting police vehicles on fire, in several districts in the capital.About 122 protesters are said to have been arrested.

The Ministry of health also confirmed the incident saying many people have been wounded during this attack. These clashes come a day after two people were killed in violence at an Islamist demonstration in the northern coastal city.

“52 people had been wounded in the clashes, with several people reported injured by bird shot in Alexandria”.

Supporters of the Brotherhood’s ousted President Mohammed Morsi have held frequent protests since he was removed by the military in July. The Brotherhood, which had been banned since September from all activity, was declared a terrorist group in December after it was blamed for a suicide bombing of a police headquarters in the Nile Delta.

The Brotherhood denied carrying out the attack. A Sinai-based Salamis-jihadist group, Ansar Bayt al-Maqdis, said it was behind the bombing, which killed at least 15 people.

Mr Morse’s government the first to be democratically elected in Egypt – was toppled on 3 July following widespread anti-Brotherhood demonstrations. Since then, thousands of Brotherhood members, including its leadership, had been arrested and many put on trial.

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