At least four people were killed in clashes in Egypt on Saturday as police dispersed anti-government protests, the health ministry said.

At least four people were killed in clashes in Egypt on Saturday as police dispersed anti-government protests, the health ministry said.

One of the dead was killed in Cairo, where police fired tear gas and birdshot at supporters of ousted Islamist president Mohamed Mursi and other anti-government activists.

Egyptian police fired tear gas at anti-government protesters in Cairo on Saturday, as the country marked the anniversary of a 2011 uprising that overthrew veteran president Hosni Mubarak.

Police dispersed the protesters soon after they gathered outside a Cairo mosque.

They included both Islamist supporters of ousted president Mohamed Mursi and activists who accuse the military of hijacking the government.

A helicopter crash in the restive Sinai Penin

sula killed five Egyptian soldiers on Saturday, medics said.

The military confirmed a helicopter had crashed and said a search was under way for its crew.

It was not immediately clear how the aircraft came down, in an area used as a hub by militants.

Car Bomb Strikes Egypt Police Base

A car bomb struck a police base in the Egyptian canal city of Suez on Saturday, wounding at least nine people in an attack earlier blamed on a rocket.

The booby-trapped car exploded on a street next to the base, General Abdel Fattah Othman told the private ONTV television.

A police spokesman had earlier said a rocket caused the explosion. The health ministry said the attack wounded nine people.

A police official said the car had been placed next to the wall of the base and wounded civilian passersby.