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A supporter of ousted Egyptian president Mohamed Morsi was killed late Thursday as security forces dispersed a pro-Morsi protest in the southern province of Minya, eyewitnesses said.
Mahmoud Taha Tolba, 25, was shot in the back as security forces broke up a protest staged by Morsi supporters in Dalga village, the witnesses said.
He was rushed to a Minya hospital where he succumbed later to his injuries, they added.
Pro-Morsi marches were also held in the provinces of Giza, Beni Sueif and Fayoum, eyewitnesses said.
Morsi, a Muslim Brotherhood leader who won Egypt's first free presidential election in 2012, was ousted by the military in July of last year following protests against his single year in office.
Former army chief Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi, widely seen as the architect of Morsi's ouster and subsequent imprisonment, was declared winner of a presidential poll conducted in May.
Morsi supporters, however, continue to stage near-daily protests against the elected leader's ouster, amid an ongoing crackdown on dissent by Egypt's military-backed authorities.
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