Cairo Holds Funeral for Student Protester Killed by Police

The funeral was held on Friday for a Cairo University student killed by police during clashes with protesters on Thursday. First year engineering student Mohamed Rida was reportedly killed as police dispersed the protest by hundreds of university students using water cannon, tear gas and gunshot. The students, many of them supporters of the Muslim Brotherhood, were protesting against harsh new restrictions on the right to protest recently adopted by the military-backed...

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