Morsi Supporter Killed As Egypt Police Disperse Protest

A supporter of ousted Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi was killed on Sunday as police dispersed a protest in the coastal city of Alexandria on the fourth anniversary of the uprising that ousted long-serving autocrat Hosni Mubarak, a source in Morsi's main support bloc has said.



"Police forces attacked a march in Alexandria's Al-Awaid district, leaving Hassan Atallah, 45, dead," the source told The Anadolu Agency on condition of anonymity.



"Atallah was shot in the belly, and he succumbed to his injury before arriving to hospital," he added.



Neither the Egyptian Interior Ministry, which controls the country's police forces, nor the Health Ministry commented on the report.



Sunday marks the fourth anniversary of Egypt's revolution that led to the ouster of longtime autocrat Mubarak.



Four years to Sunday, thousands of Egyptians took to the streets and eventually descended on Tahrir Square in downtown Cairo to protest police brutality.



With many protesters killed and wounded by security forces, the demonstrations soon developed into a full-fledged popular uprising nationwide that demanded regime change.



Mubarak had to step down on Feb. 11 of the same year under public pressure, handing over power to the military.



A transitional phase ended with the election of Morsi, Egypt's first democratically elected leader.



Morsi was removed by the military on July 3 of 2013 following mass demonstrators against his one-year rule.



His supporters, however, describe his removal as a military coup while others insist it was a popular military-backed uprising.



Thousands of Morsi supporters have since been killed or jailed amid a massive crackdown on dissident in general.



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