The Egyptian police fired tear gas and birdshot at protesters on Saturday in the third day of deadly clashes in Cairo, as anger at the ruling military boiled over after 74 people died in football-related violence.

The Egyptian police fired tear gas and birdshot at protesters on Saturday in the third day of deadly clashes in Cairo, as anger at the ruling military boiled over after 74 people died in football-related violence.

The police responded after dozens of protesters threw stones at officers guarding the interior ministry headquarters hundreds of meters away from the Tahrir Square.

Earlier Saturday, two people died in the canal city of Suez, in clashes from birdshot wounds.

AFP reported that nine people have been killed in Cairo and Suez since the start of the violence.

Five people were also wounded in overnight clashes outside police headquarters in the Mediterranean city of Alexandria, state media reported.

Marchers had taken to the streets on Friday across the country to demand that Egypt's ruling generals cede power immediately after a night of violence in several cities.

The health ministry said 2,532 people have been injured in the violence, in a statement published by the official MENA news agency on Saturday.