21 killed in Alexandria, as violence spreads across Egypt

Demonstrators in Egypt's second largest city, Alexandria At least 21 people were killed in Egypt's second largest city of Alexandria during clashes between supporters of ousted president Mohammed Morsi and security forces on Friday , as the health ministry said it has been ordered not to reveal the exact death toll.
Alexandria's ambulance authority head, Amr Nasr, told Reuters that 101 were injured in clashes, 23 of whom were shot dead. Twenty-one bodies were transferred to Kom al-Dekka morgue, Nasr said.
Earlier, in its final update, the health ministry said 17 people were killed, and 180 wounded in clashes across the country on Friday .
Four Morsi supporters were shot dead during a rally in the canal city of Ismailia, head of the Egyptian Ambulance Organisation, Mohammed Sultan said, whilst eight protesters were killed in Damietta, northern Egypt.
Locals in Ismailia said 11 others were injured in violent ?clashes between security forces and members of the Muslim Brotherhood.
Fighting erupted outside al-Saleheen mosque, close to Shebin al-?Kom after Friday prayers. Security officers used tear gas to disperse the stone-throwing protesters.
In Damietta, north of Cairo, 30 protesters were also wounded. Locals said security officers opened fire after Islamist activist tried to storm two prisons.
Meanwhile, Reuters reported that eight people died and 70 were injured during clashes in Faiyum, southwest of Cairo.
In Alexandria, Muslim Brotherhood activists were pushed back by security officials in the Ibrahimeya area, as they marched towards the Smoha region.?
Fighting was reported in the eastern area of Sedy Bishr after the Friday prayers, with locals claiming that three people were also injured.
Activists pelted forces with stones, who responded with birdshot. Witnesses reported hearing gunshots in the Ibrahimeya area.
Earlier on Friday morning, armed assailants attacked the headquarters of the Judges Club of Alexandria and set fire to the garden outside the building.
According to al-Ahram, a drive-by shooting occurred when a four-wheel-drive car passed by the club and opened fire at the gate. The assailants threw petrol bombs, setting the garden, including three parked cars on fire.
In Arish, North Sinai, local sources said eight Morsi supporters were wounded during violent confrontations with security forces. Witnesses said protesters marched towards the police headquarters, forcing the security personnel to retaliate with birdshot.
In the northern city of Tanta, Egyptian security forces fired birdshot and tear gas to block Morsi supporters from reaching a government building.
Pro-Morsi demonstrators staged a fresh wave of rallies in several Egyptian cities to protest Wednesday's violent dispersal of their two main protests sites in Cairo and Giza.
"Our revolution is peaceful; we will continue to mobilise without violence or sabotage," the National Alliance for the Defence of Legitimacy, a coalition of largely Islamist parties and figures supportive of Morsi, said in a statement early Friday.
Additional source: AA