By HAMZA HENDAWI
Protesters gather near a burning police vehicle set afire during clashes with security forces, near Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt Sunday, Dec. 1, 2013. Several hundred students and supporters of the country’s ousted Islamist president joined to protest the death of Mohammed Reda, a student who was killed in clashes on Thursday, Nov. 28, 2013, near Cairo University. (AP Photo/Mohammed Asad)
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Student protesters gather outside the main gate of Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt Sunday, Dec. 1, 2013. Several hundred students and supporters of the country’s ousted Islamist president joined to protest the death of Mohammed Reda, a student who was killed in clashes on Thursday, Nov. 28, 2013, near Cairo University. (AP Photo/Mohammed Asad)
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A protester covering his face with a scarf flashes the four-finger sign that the Muslim Brotherhood and its allies have adopted to commemorate the victims of the crackdown, in front of a burning police vehicle set afire by protesters, near Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt Sunday, Dec 1, 2013. Several hundred students and supporters of the country’s ousted Islamist president joined to protest the death of Mohammed Reda, a student who was killed in clashes on Thursday, Nov. 28, 2013, near Cairo University. (AP Photo/Mohammed Asad)
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Student protesters gather inside the Cairo University campus before marching into the streets, in Cairo, Egypt Sunday, Dec. 1, 2013. Several hundred Cairo University students and supporters of the country’s ousted Islamist president joined to protest the death of Mohammed Reda, a student who was killed in clashes on Thursday, Nov. 28, 2013, near Cairo University. (AP Photo/Mohammed Asad)
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A protester wearing a Guy Fawkes mask gives the victory sign in front of a burning police vehicle set afire by protesters, near Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt Sunday, Dec. 1, 2013. Several hundred students and supporters of the country’s ousted Islamist president joined to protest the death of Mohammed Reda, a student who was killed in clashes on Thursday, Nov. 28, 2013, near Cairo University. (AP Photo/Mohammed Asad)
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Student protesters make the four-finger sign that the Muslim Brotherhood and its allies have adopted to commemorate the victims of the crackdown in front of a burning police vehicle set afire by protesters, near Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt Sunday, Dec. 1, 2013. Several hundred students and supporters of the country’s ousted Islamist president joined to protest the death of Mohammed Reda, a student who was killed in clashes on Thursday, Nov. 28, 2013, near Cairo University. (AP Photo/Mohammed Asad)
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CAIRO (AP) — Several hundred supporters of Egypt’s ousted Islamist president have entered and taken over Cairo’s Tahrir square, setting the stage for possible violence.
The development, late Sunday afternoon, was the first time in more than a year that Islamists entered the square in significant numbers. The location has been the near exclusive domain of liberal and secular protesters since shortly after Mohammed Morsi took office in June 2012.
The square was the birthplace of the 2011 uprising that toppled longtime ruler Hosni Mubarak. That uprising was led by liberal and secular youth groups.
Sunday’s Islamist protesters came from Cairo University, where they have been protesting the death of an engineering student at the hands of police.
Police did not intercept their march to Tahrir, a 30-minute journey by foot.
