Students supporting Egypt's ousted President Mohammed Morsi clashed with locals in Cairo, the interior ministry said. Police said one protester was killed.
In a statement released Friday, the ministry added that seven supporters of the Muslim Brotherhood had been arrested after police fired tear gas at protesters.
Violence escalated late on Thursday night when Morsi's supporters blocked a main roadway outside their university in the eastern Cairo district of Nasr City. That angered local residents, state television reported, citing a police spokesperson.
Both sides exchanged birdshot gunfire, causing fatal wounds to the student, the police official added.
More protests to come
Supporters of Morsi's Muslim Brotherhood vowed to continue protesting, despite the government declaring the organization a terrorist group.
An off-shoot of the Brotherhood called for massive street protests, dubbed 'a week of rage,' starting Friday to protest the government's decision.
'Let's begin with full force and peacefulness, a new wave of majestic anti-coup action,' the Brotherhood-led Anti Coup Alliance said in a statement.
Egyptian law states that terrorist-related charges carry the death penalty.
Thursday's protests came hours after a bomb blew up a bus in northern Cairo. Five people were wounded, prompting condemnation from US Secretary of State John Kerry.
US State Department spokesperson Jen Psaki said Kerry 'expressed concern' that the Muslim Brotherhood had been declared a terrorist organization in a call with his Egyptian counterpart Nabil Fahmy.
Hundreds of people have been killed across Egypt since July when Morsi, the country's first ever democratically-elected president, was ousted by the army.
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