A fresh violence was erupted on Saturday in Egypt after coming out the decision of an Egyptian Court in which court has pronounced death sentence to 21 people for involving in deadly riots after a football match last year.
The clashes occurred between protesters and security forces in a massive demonstration that killed 16 so far and injured over 250 on Friday, arousing fears of more violence in the country.
Five protesters were killed during clashes in Suez while 31 policemen and soldiers were wounded nationwide, according to the state TV.
Protesters stormed the government building in Suez on Friday night. The confrontations are continuing outside the Suez provincial government and security directorate premises, official news agency MENA reported.
Al-Masry fans and families of the defendants say the case is politically-motivated.
Police used tear gas to disperse the crowd, who tried to storm the prison where defendants were being held.
However, hundreds of Al-Ahly team supporters, known as the Ultras, celebrated the verdicts by setting off fireworks and singing on the streets of Cairo.
The decision came hours after troops were deployed in the nearby coastal city of Suez after clashes between police and anti-government protesters killed nine people.
Since Thursday night, hundreds of thousands of Egyptians had begun rallying in public squares of main cities in Egypt, in a bid to express their anger toward President Mohamed Morsi and the Muslim Brotherhood, whose electoral muscle put Morsi into office.
Tens of thousands of people flocked into Tahrir Square in downtown Cairo after the Friday prayers, chanting slogans like " down to the constitution, down to the Shura Council, down to the Muslim Brotherhood."
Roads leading to the square were blocked by some protesters and soldiers, between whom clashes erupted in the street of Shaikh Rihan near the Cairo American University, leaving several soldiers injured.
Protesters also set fire to tyres and blocked traffic in both directions on the 6 October bridge over the Nile, a flyover that connects east and west Cairo, and blocked the underground metro at several stations, paralysing public transport.
In Egypt's second city Alexandria, as demonstrators clashed with the security forces, protesters set tyres alight, witnesses said.
--With Agencies Inputs--
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