Islamists to hold further rallies after Cairo mosque standoff

Brotherhood supporters barricade themselves inside Cairo's al-Fath mosque Egyptian Islamists announced fresh demonstrations for Sunday after police ended a tense standoff with protesters in a Cairo mosque, as the death toll from four days of violence surpassed 750 .
Security forces on Saturday dragged Islamist supporters of deposed president Mohammed Morsi from the al-Fath mosque, passing through angry crowds who called them "terrorists" and tried to beat them.
The interior ministry said 385 people inside the mosque had been arrested.
The clashes came as the government said the country's death toll had risen to more than 750 since Wednesday, when police cleared two camps of Morsi loyalists in the capital.
A statement by the Anti-Coup Alliance said several marches would take place in Cairo on Sunday afternoon, continuing the daily campaign of protests in defiance of an intensifying crackdown.
Meanwhile, Egypt's cabinet is set to discuss the crisis in the country, with the proposal of legally dissolving the Muslim Brotherhood on the agenda.
On Saturday, Egyptian security forces cleared Islamist protesters from a Cairo mosque, after a stand-off and an exchange of fire.
It came after gunshots were heard near the mosque where Egyptian security forces and angry residents surrounded supporters of ousted president.
State news agency MENA said gunmen were firing from inside al-Fath mosque, and live television footage from the scene also showed gunfire from outside targeting its minaret.
The government, meanwhile, said 173 people were killed across the country in the last 24 hours, in clashes between security forces and protesters.
The deaths came after supporters of ousted Islamist president took to the streets after Friday prayers for nationwide demonstrations that quickly triggered violence.
In a press conference, a government spokesperson said 95 of the 173 people were killed in central Cairo. The official added that 596 people were hurt in the Cairo clashes, with a total of 1330 wounded nationwide.
Anti-coup protesters returned to the streets of Egypt's second largest city, Alexandria, on Saturday night, in defiance of a military curfew .
Morsi supporters also held demonstrations in the Cairo suburbs of Helwan, and Giza, along with the central city of Minya.
Earlier, the office of the political wing of the Muslim Brotherhood, Freedom and Justice Party (FJP), in Alexandria, was set alight after clashes between supporters and opponents of Morsi.
General Nasser el-Abd, Alexandria security director said that protesters broke into the FJP office in the area of Hadara, east Alexandria, on Saturday afternoon, before setting it on fire.
Clashes between pro- and anti-Morsi groups intensified in the areas of ?Manara and Hadara on Friday night.
Locals said that the clashes continued on Saturday, with both sides throwing stones and rocks at each other. There was also fighting reported at the ?funerals of two victims of the violence in Alexandria, last week. Three people injured were taken taken to a local hospital.
Abd confirmed that 43 people were killed during clashes in Alexandria on Friday, with 120 injuries.
He also said that one soldier was killed, and another injured during an ambush on Friday night.?
Gunmen broke into Alexandria naval base before opening fire and killing one officer. A second officer who suffered gunshot wounds is recovering in hospital.
An official from the health ministry confirmed deaths in Alexandria, Ismailia, Damietta and Faiyum. The representative said at least 24 policemen had died over the past 24 hours and 15 police stations attacked.
On Friday, four Morsi supporters were shot dead, and 11 other injured, during a rally in the canal city of Ismailia
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, AFP, Reuters