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Via JPost

Seven protesters were killed on Saturday in clashes that erupted during anti-government marches in Egypt, on the anniversary of the revolt that toppled former president Hosni Mubarak.

Security forces fired into the air to disperse the protesters on Saturday as thousands rallied in support of the army-led authorities, underlining Egypt’s volatile political fissures three years after the fall of the autocrat.

Instead of commemorating Mubarak’s overthrow in a popular uprising, a large number of Egyptians gathered in Cairo’s Tahrir Square to pledge their support for the army chief who ousted the country’s first freely-elected president last year.

The chanting for General Abdel Fatah al-Sisi underscored the prevailing desire for a decisive military man they count on to end the political turmoil that has gripped Egypt since the 2011 Arab Spring revolution and crippled the economy.

But an end to street violence seemed nowhere in sight with the sound of tear gas canisters being fired echoing through downtown Cairo as police confronted anti-government protesters.