Morsi supporters call for fresh protests

Demonstrations erupt in several cities outside of Cairo, and railway service suspended across the country.

Train service has been suspended across the country, according to the state railway [EPA]

Supporters of deposed Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi have begun fresh protests in the capital, Cairo, and across the country after security forces began to violently clear their main demonstrations in the capital.
Hundreds of Morsi supporters have gathered on Nozha Street, the main road that leads to the Nasr City mosque where supporters of the deposed president have been camped for nearly seven weeks.
Soldiers and police have blocked off the entrances, and have fired tear gas to disperse the crowds of protesters trying to reach the sit-in.
The state-run Al-Ahram newspaper reported an attack on a police station in Helwan, a neighbourhood in southern Cairo, by dozens of armed Morsi supporters.
Activists have also posted videos of ongoing protests in Alexandria, Suez, Assiut and other cities across the country. The health ministry reported five people dead in Suez after protesters tried to storm a provincial government office.
Police fired tear gas in the Nile Delta governorate of Sharqiya after protesters clashed outside of a mosque.
In Aswan, in southern Egypt, hundreds of pro-Morsi demonstrators attacked the local government offices, throwing stones and attempting to break in, according to local media. The interior ministry said that several police cars were burned in Beni Suef, south of Cairo, and that protesters also set fire to the courthouse.
Local media reported that the main Coptic Christian church in Sohag, in southern Egypt, was burned, and a church in Minya was also set on fire. There has been a great deal of sectarian rhetoric directed at Copts in recent weeks during pro-Morsi protests, leading to several incidents of churches burned and Christian-owned businesses attacked.
Major roads across the country have also been blocked.
Morsi's supporters are setting up a protest on Gama'at al-Dowal, a major road in Mohandiseen, a district in western Cairo. Protesters have begun burning tyres there outside the Mostafa Mahmoud mosque, according to the interior ministry.
In the northern city of Alexandria, meanwhile, protesters have reportedly blocked the corniche, the main coastal road. An eyewitness there said it was dangerous to move around the city.
Train services have also been disrupted, according to Egypt's railway authority, and security forces have closed the main highways leading into the capital.

 [Al jazeera]