"Friday of anger" turns deadly in Egypt.

A group of supporters of Deposed Egyptian President Mohamed
Morsi outside Al-Fath Mosque in Cairo.

At least six people were on Friday killed and over 20 police officers wounded in Egypt as police got engaged in running battles with pro-Morsi rioters who took to the streets in defiance of a government-imposed state of emergency in what they called the "Friday of anger."


Witnesses reported hearing crackles of gunfire in Cairo and other cities on Friday as police fired tear gas and rubber bullets at protesters.

Tens of thousands of Morsi supporters poured onto streets across Egypt after midday prayers in the Capital Cairo.

Morsi's Muslim Brotherhood movement had called for a "Day of Rage" on Friday, two days after Egyptian police destroyed two large pro-Morsi camps in Cairo.

The government says 638 people were killed, but the Muslim Brotherhood says the death toll is in the thousands.

 A news agency said the military increased checkpoints at all entrances to Cairo to prevent the smuggling of arms to protesters.

A police officer was killed and another was wounded Friday in an attack on a checkpoint in New Cairo, a suburb southeast of the Egyptian capital.

Police has threatened to use live ammunition to subdue any attack against police facilities by the protesters.

Since Wednesday, 64 police officers have been killed, state television reported. It also said 25 police stations and 10 churches have been attacked.

French President Francois Hollande and German Chancellor Angela Merkel called for a meeting next week of European Union foreign ministers to coordinate a response to the violence in Egypt.