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CAIRO - Health officials in Egypt say more than 1,500 people have been injured and three killed in a second day of street violence over a deadly soccer riot.
Protesters blame police for failing to prevent a melee that left 74 people dead Wednesday after a match in the Mediterranean city of Port Said.
Demonstrators in Cairo and several other cities have turned their anger on Egypt's ruling military, calling for it to surrender power and accusing it of mishandling the country's transition to democracy.
In the capital, riot police fired tear gas and birdshot as protesters wearing helmets and gas masks hurled stones outside the Interior Ministry.
Many protesters have suggested the authorities either instigated the Port Said violence or intentionally allowed it to happen.
They say it was retaliation for the key role soccer fans known as Ultras had in clashes with security forces during the uprising that toppled President Hosni Mubarak.
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