Four people have died in renewed clashes between police and demonstrators in Egypt over the football riot in which dozens of fans lost their lives.

Two protesters were killed in the port of Suez and a third demonstrator and an army officer in Cairo when violence erupted outside the interior ministry building.

According to a doctor, the protester in Cairo died of wounds he suffered when police opened fire on demonstrators in the capital.

The latest violence comes after hundreds of people were injured when they tried to force their way to the interior ministry on Thursday.

The protesters blame Egypts security services for failing to stop the violence that erupted after the league match in Port Said.

After Port Said’s Al Masry won 3-1, supporters armed with knives, sticks and stones swarmed onto the pitch.

Fans and players from Cairo’s Al Ahly club were forced to flee for their lives, running towards the exits and up the stands to escape.

State television ran footage of riot police standing in rows as the chaos went on around them.

Thousands of people gathered in Cairo on Thursday evening, many of them football fans demanding justice for the 71 “martyrs” killed in the Port Said stadium, said Sky’s Emma Hurd in Cairo.

Some forced their way towards the interior ministry building, pulling away barbed wire barriers and throwing stones at police who fired tear gas at them.

One woman, her eyes red and her make-up smeared across her face, told Hurd she had joined the protest to make sure “they don’t just kill us all”.

“If we’re not here they will kill people,” she said pointing towards the interior ministry.

Many of the young men determined to join the battle had come ready with masks to protect themselves from the tear gas. Many waved the flags of the Al Ahly team in a show of solidarity for the dead.

“We want revenge,” one said. “Either it will come with the military stepping down or we will take it ourselves.”

Tahrir Square in the centre of Cairo was relatively quiet as the chaos erupted in the surrounding streets.

Some wanted to protest peacefully in the place where the revolution started but others were intent on smashing through the barricades protecting the interior ministry.

The protesters tried to push their way to the interior ministry

The protesters are demanding the temporary military leadership – in charge in Egypt since the fall of President Hosni Mubarak – hands over power immediately, said Hurd.

They are also calling for the interior minister to be sacked and military and police chiefs to be prosecuted.

The demands are not new, the frustrations of the slow pace of change have been building for months but the Port Said incident seems to have re-ignited the fervour and fury of the early days of the revolution.

Cairo-based Middle East analyst Omar Ashour told Sky News: “They feel that they were victimised by the security services in Port Said and they are coming here to say they want revenge.

“I think there will be very serious political consequences whether on an institutional level in the parliament or on the streets of Cairo.”

Many Egyptians have accused supporters of Mubarak and the ruling military of provoking the violence in Port Said to show that emergency regulations giving security forces wide powers must be maintained.

Prime Minister Kamal al Ganzuri told an emergency session of parliament that the Egyptian football association’s director and board had been sacked, as had Port Said’s security chief. The governor of Port Said has also resigned.

However, angry MPs demanded the sacking of interior minister Mohammed Ibrahim, who has been accused of negligence.

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