Clashes Erupt in Cairo after Policeman Kills Student

Clashes erupted in Cairo Sunday between residents and police after a policeman shot dead a student following an argument, security officials said.

The student was shot dead by the policeman after the two had a heated argument when their vehicles crashed into each other in the capital's northern Amiriya neighborhood, they said.

Residents of the neighborhood later surrounded the police station and fighting broke out, security officials and state media reported, adding that gunshots were heard.

Police brutality was a catalyst for the 2011 revolt against long-time ruler Hosni Mubarak, who was toppled after the 18-day uprising.

The death of a young man, Khaled Said, at the hands of two policemen in June 2010 in the Mediterranean city of Alexandria, was also widely invoked during the anti-Mubarak revolt.