Egypt police fire tear gas to disperse pro-Morsi students in Tahrir

Egyptian security forces fired tear gas to disperse students supporting the ousted Islamist President Mohamed Morsi on Sunday in Cairo's Tahrir square, the official news agency MENA reported.

 For the first time since the army toppled Morsi on July 3, hundreds of students backing the Islamist leader and protesting " the military coup" entered the iconic Tahrir square, which became famous in 2011 as the epicenter of the uprising that ousted former President Hosni Mubarak.

 State TV showed footage of the protesters chanting famous "anti- military rule" slogans, carrying large posters in support of Morsi and demanding the release of detainees.

 Most of the demonstrators were supporters of the now embattled Muslim Brotherhood from which Morsi hails. The students launched their march from Cairo University, where they had been protesting the killing of an engineering student on Thursday by the police.

 Armed troops closed the square's entrances and exits following the dispersal of the students, MENA added.