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Summary A security official confirmed the number and said more arrests could be made.
Egypts military on Saturday ordered 300 people detained over deadly clashes between troops and anti-military protesters in Cairo and imposed a new overnight curfew, a military source told AFP.Military prosecutors said the 300, including nine journalists, will be held for 15 days pending investigation into clashes in the Abbassiya district on Friday that left two people including a soldier dead and at least 300 injured.A security official confirmed the number and said more arrests could be made on Saturday.The military also imposed an overnight curfew in the defence ministry district for a second successive night, which will go into effect from 2100 GMT on Saturday until 0400 GMT on Sunday, the source said.After hours of questioning overnight, those held were accused of assaulting army officers and soldiers, assembling in a military zone and preventing members of the armed forces from carrying out their work, the source said.They all denied the charges.Friday saw fierce clashes between anti-military protesters and troops near the defence ministry.The clashes erupted just three weeks ahead of Egypts first presidential elections since a popular uprising ousted president Hosni Mubarak last year.
