CAIRO: Five people were killed in clashes on Friday as supporters of deposed President Muhammad Mursi took to the streets of Cairo and other cities to demand the end of army-backed rule.

Four people were shot dead in clashes in the southern city of Assuit, medical and health sources said. It was not clear which side they were on.

Medical sources in Cairo said a Brotherhood supporter had died from a gunshot wound in clashes in the capital. Onlookers threw rocks at the pro-Mursi protesters, who hurled them back. Riot police earlier fired tear gas to push back the march.

Thousands of protesters headed toward the site of a former Brotherhood protest camp in northeast Cairo. By late afternoon, protesters had retreated from the area. Members of the Brotherhood tried to reach the presidential palace but were turned back by police.

Fighting also erupted in Alexandria and two Nile Delta cities.