Egyptian security foils Brotherhood attempts to enter Tahrir Square

Egyptian security forces dispersed Muslim Brotherhood supporters who tried to forcefully enter Tahrir square on Sunday.

Police fired tear gas at Brotherhood supporters who tried to storm the square from two different entrances in an attempt to clash with the thousands of pro-military demonstrators who gathered in Tahrir to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the October War against Israel, state-run MENA news agency reported.

Clashes erupted on Ramses street, with security forces and residents of the area on one side and Brotherhood supporters on the other. Hundreds of pro-Brotherhood protestors tried to reach Tahrir through Ramses street. The clashes stopped traffic and caused panic in the area.

According to MENA, a number of Brotherhood supporters clashed with passengers on the subway and blocked a metro line at the Shubra el-Khima station.

Security forces arrested nearly 17 Brotherhood supporters who tried to block the metro line, state-owned al-Ahram reported. The arrested were carrying rudimentary bombs and Molotov cocktails.

Clashes between supporters and opponents of the Brotherhood erupted all over the country with several reported injuries and a number of arrests.

In Minya, a governorate south of Cairo, one person was shot dead during clashes between supporters and opponents of ousted president Mohamed Morsi in the village of Delga.

Officials deployed security forces and vehicles around the main squares of the country to prevent anticipated violence as loyalists of the ousted President Mohamed Morsi called for massive continuous protests in Tahrir, which they say will start Friday and continue until Morsi is reinstated.

Tahrir square, the epicenter of the 2011 unrest that toppled former President Hosni Mubarak, was sealed off with tanks and barbed wire during the anniversary, a Xinhua correspondent reported.

At least four people were killed on Friday when Islamists attempted to enter Tahrir after the National Alliance for Supporting Legitimacy, whose members mainly come from the Muslim Brotherhood, called for protests.

On Saturday, Interim President Adli Mansour called for all Egyptians to take to the streets to celebrate Egypt's victory during the October War, which led to the recovery of the Sinai Peninsula and the 1979 peace treaty with Israel.