CAIRO: Two people died on Wednesday in clashes between Egyptian police and student supporters of ousted President Muhammad Mursi protesting against the new military-installed authorities, security officials said.

The pro-Mursi coalition spearheading the protest movement, which has called for nationwide strike action, confirmed two demonstrators were killed.

One of them was shot in the head, security officials said.

State television reported that a policeman had also been shot in the clashes, but was in a stable condition. Police said they only used tear gas to break up the protests near the Defense Ministry and accused the demonstrators of using arms.

However, the pro-Mursi alliance in a statement accused “militias of the putschist authorities” of killing the two men and injuring three others.

“As the students’ strikes succeed in shaking the corners of the coup regime, the coalition of parties, movements and groups defending democracy in Egypt calls for a gradual, decisive nationwide strike,” the Anti-Coup Alliance said.

Meanwhile, Egypt's Mursi and 130 others, including Hamas members, will go on trial on Jan. 28 over a jailbreak during the 2011 uprising, judicial sources said Thursday.

The prosecution said last month there were a total of 132 defendants, all of whom were also accused of murdering police officers.

It said almost 70 of the defendants belonged to Hamas and Lebanese Shiite militant group Hezbollah. The trial, set to begin exactly three years after the prison break, will be the third for Morsi on various charges.