3 killed,hundreds injured in Egypt as unrest spreads

While the protests in Cairo remained peaceful,deadly clashes erupted in the port city of Alexandria,where protesters set fire to the Brotherhoods headquarters. Security officials said among the victims was a United States citizen,a man who was stabbed to death near the headquarters.

The security officials were not able to provide information about a second victim in Alexandria. Early Saturday,officials of Kenyon College in Ohio identified the American who was killed as Andrew Pochter,21,a Kenyon student from Chevy Chase,Md. United States Embassy officials said he died during clashes between supporters and opponents of Morsi.

The violence on Friday provided a dark prelude to planned mass protests Sunday by Morsis opponents,who are demanding that the president step down and early elections be held. Fears about possible violence at the marches have preoccupied the country for weeks and further split Egypts deeply polarized political class.

On Friday,US warned its citizens to defer non-essential travel to Egypt and said it was allowing some embassy employees and their families to leave the country.

At least seven people have been killed in violent episodes over the last three days outside Cairo. The Muslim Brotherhood,Egypts largest Islamist party and the movement that brought Morsi to power,said that several of its supporters were killed in attacks on its offices and on mosques.

Early Friday,at least one person died in Morsis hometown,Zagazig. Later Friday,at least four other Brotherhood offices were attacked,including by people using firearms and gasoline bombs,the group said in a statement. A video posted by Egyptian newspaper Al-Masry al-Youm Friday appeared to show Brotherhood supporters in Alexandria firing homemade pistols during clashes.

Egypt group: 22 million signatures against Morsi

CAIRO: More than 22 million Egyptians have signed a petition calling for the countrys Islamist president to step down,said The Tamarod movement,the youth group leading the signature campaign Saturday,on the eve of planned mass protests aimed at forcing Mohammed Morsi from office. Mahmoud Badr,a Tamarod leader,said a total of 22,134,460 Egyptians had signed the petition demanding Morsi8217;s removal. AP

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