Update - Pro-Morsi Protester Killed İn Cairo

A protester was killed Friday during a rally staged by supporters of ousted Egyptian president Mohamed Morsi in eastern Cairo, a Health Ministry official has said.



"One person was killed while taking part in a demonstration in the Matariya neighborhood," Khalid al-Khatib told The Anadolu Agency.



A source from the National Alliance for the Defense of Legitimacy, Morsi's main support bloc, confirmed the fatality.



He said the protester, Mohamed Hassan, had died of birdshot wounds sustained when security forces dispersed a rally in Matariya.



"Police and military forces used teargas and birdshot to disperse the protest, which led to the death of one protester and the injury of several others," the source added.



But Cairo security chief Ali al-Demerdash said the man had been killed by gunfire from Muslim Brotherhood supporters while leaving a mosque following Friday prayers.



"[The victim] was not participating in the protests," he told AA. "We have nothing to do with his death; we are showing self-restraint in dealing with protesters."



The fatality comes shortly after two army officers were killed and two soldiers injured in two separate attacks on Friday.



The violence comes amid calls by Egypt's Salafist Front – a subcomponent of the pro-Morsi National Alliance – for an "Islamic revolution" on Friday with the aim of ending "military rule" and safeguarding "Egypt's Islamic identity."



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