Protest demonstrations took place in some Egyptian regions to demand the departure of President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi, despite the state of security alert that preceded calls for the exit of the protests.
Egyptian security forces broke up a protest demonstration in the village of Al-Kodaya, Giza Governorate.
Local sources said that the Egyptian security forces attacked the village and fired live bullets and gas to disperse the demonstrators.
Videos showed the demonstrators smashing a police car, amid encouragement from the people present, despite the police response to them.
The demonstrators held banners calling on Sisi to leave.
The pioneers of social networking sites shared video clips from Al-Damisi village, Al-Saff Center in Giza Governorate, showing people blocking the road by lighting tires and putting obstacles.
Parents chanted, "Sissy, go," and "You don't want him."
Activists have also published videos that they say are of demonstrations on Warraq Island in Cairo, calling for the departure of Sisi.
Sources told Al-Jazeera that Egyptian security forces dispersed tear gas and birdshot in a similar demonstration in Al-Maamoura, Alexandria.
Other demonstrations also took place in Qalyubia and Aswan.
Egyptian media sources reported that Al-Sisi issued a decree to pardon the rest of the punishment for some of the convicts on the occasion of the Armed Forces Day, which will be held on the sixth of next October.
Opposition sources had talked about an intelligence report submitted to Sisi, which spoke of the growing state of anger in the street, and suggested several measures, including stopping the demolition of homes for allegedly violating licensing requirements, stopping raising prices, and undertaking initiatives such as the release of some prisoners.
Security alert
Egypt is witnessing a security alert, which coincided with calls for protest demonstrations launched by the Egyptian artist and contractor Muhammad Ali, and adopted by a large number of Egyptian opposition forces.
The security services preempted the protests by launching a campaign of arrests that included political figures, including the left-wing political thinker Amin al-Mahdi, and a number of activists, especially in the eastern city of Suez.
Pro-regime media launched a sharp attack on the calls for demonstrations, considering them part of an external conspiracy aimed at overthrowing the state.
The Egyptian media launched counter-hashtags calling on the Egyptian president to remain in power, in response to the opposition's "hashtags" calling him to leave.
Muhammad Ali had expected a wide response in the Egyptian street to the calls to demonstrate today, launched in protest against the deteriorating living conditions.
He said that the year that has passed since his first call to demonstrate in September of last year, has witnessed developments in Sisi's policies that gave Egyptians greater determination and courage to protest, the latest of which was his decision to demolish violating homes.