(Ahlul Bayt News Agency)
Students from Mursi's Muslim Brotherhood, marching from Cairo University on the far side of the Nile, knelt down and prayed upon reaching the iconic square, said witnesses, Voice of Russia reported.
Brotherhood social media pages have called upon supporters to head for Tahrir immediately to join the protesters.
Egypt police fire tear gas at pro-Morsi students in Tahrir
Police fired tear gas as more than two thousand students backing ousted president Mohamed Mursi entered Cairo's Tahrir Square to demonstrate against July's military "coup."
Sunday's demonstration was the first Islamist protest in the Egyptian capital's iconic square - the epicenter of the 2011 revolt against long-ruling president Hosni Mubarak - since Mursi's ouster by the army on July 3.
Protesters were chanting "Down with the military regime!", "People want the fall of the regime!" and "Rabaa Rabaa", an AFP reporter said, as demonstrators flashed a four-finger sign that has become associated with a government crackdown on pro-Mursi supporters in Cairo's Rabaa al-Adawiya square on August 14.
Hundreds were killed that day when security forces stormed a massive sit-in of pro-Mursi supporters who had refused to leave despite repeated warnings.
"We have entered Tahrir, which means the coup is going to end," a female protester told AFP in Tahrir on Sunday.
Police later dispersed the crowd with tear gas and protesters fled into nearby streets, with several suffering from the effects of the tear gas.
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Brotherhood social media pages have called upon supporters to head for Tahrir immediately to join the protesters.
Egypt police fire tear gas at pro-Morsi students in Tahrir
Police fired tear gas as more than two thousand students backing ousted president Mohamed Mursi entered Cairo's Tahrir Square to demonstrate against July's military "coup."
Sunday's demonstration was the first Islamist protest in the Egyptian capital's iconic square - the epicenter of the 2011 revolt against long-ruling president Hosni Mubarak - since Mursi's ouster by the army on July 3.
Protesters were chanting "Down with the military regime!", "People want the fall of the regime!" and "Rabaa Rabaa", an AFP reporter said, as demonstrators flashed a four-finger sign that has become associated with a government crackdown on pro-Mursi supporters in Cairo's Rabaa al-Adawiya square on August 14.
Hundreds were killed that day when security forces stormed a massive sit-in of pro-Mursi supporters who had refused to leave despite repeated warnings.
"We have entered Tahrir, which means the coup is going to end," a female protester told AFP in Tahrir on Sunday.
Police later dispersed the crowd with tear gas and protesters fled into nearby streets, with several suffering from the effects of the tear gas.
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