Egyptians call for end to SCAF rule

SUEZ, Egypt, Feb. 3 (UPI) -- Egyptian protesters gathered in Suez to call on the country's ruling military council to step down following Wednesday's deadly riot in Port Said.

Demonstrations followed Friday prayers across Egypt as protesters called for the end of military rule. The demonstrations follow riots at a soccer stadium in Port Said that left at least 74 people dead.

At least two people were killed during clashes in Suez and another was killed in Cairo, witnesses told British newspaper The Guardian.

Interior Ministry officials said Cairo demonstrators tore down the cement and barbed-wire barricades built recently to protect the ministry's headquarters.

Protesters in Suez chanted "down with military rule" and "down with Field Marshal (Hussein Tantawi)," Egyptian news agency al-Ahram reports.

Egyptians have expressed frustration over the pace at which the country's ruling Supreme Council of the Armed Forces is ushering in a civilian administration.

"Our revolution is in great danger," Speaker Mohammed al-Katatni warned.

Tantawi, meanwhile, was quoted by the state-run MENA news agency as calling on the people to "have faith in Egypt and yourselves."