Egyptian police fire tear gas at protesting women
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Police fired tear gas to disperse a demonstration by female students at Cairo's Al-Azhar university on Wednesday, as protests by supporters of ousted President Mohamed Mursi continued at several of the city's universities for a third week.
Several hundred female protesters who were demonstrating outside the university gates were driven back inside the campus by police.
The demonstrations are part of a wave of protests by university students around Egypt.
The protesters are demonstrating against the military's ouster of President Mohamed Mursi in July after mass protests against the elected Islamist leader.
The female students protesting on Wednesday were seen making the four-fingered sign in support to those killed during clashes in August, when police killed several hundred demonstrators.
On Tuesday, 48 Azhar University students were arrested during another protest. The ministry of interior said in a statement that
Police fired tear gas to disperse a demonstration by female students at Cairo's Al-Azhar university on Wednesday, as protests by supporters of ousted President Mohamed Mursi continued at several of the city's universities for a third week.
Several hundred female protesters who were demonstrating outside the university gates were driven back inside the campus by police.
The demonstrations are part of a wave of protests by university students around Egypt.
The protesters are demonstrating against the military's ouster of President Mohamed Mursi in July after mass protests against the elected Islamist leader.
The female students protesting on Wednesday were seen making the four-fingered sign in support to those killed during clashes in August, when police killed several hundred demonstrators.
On Tuesday, 48 Azhar University students were arrested during another protest. The ministry of interior said in a statement that