Over 90 protesters held in Egypt

Anti-government protesters hurled rocks and petrol bombs at the presidential palace in Cairo on Friday, chanting slogans against Mr. Morsi and his Muslim Brotherhood group.

A demonstrator throws a tear gas canister back at security forces during clashes in Mahalla, Egypt, Friday, Feb, 8, 2013. Thousands took their demands to the streets in cities across the country on Friday, carrying Egyptian flags and pictures of slain protesters and chanting "down with the rule of the Guide," referring to Brotherhood Supreme Guide Mohammed Badie, who critics allege is calling the shots for Morsi from behind the scenes. (AP Photo/Mohammed el Saeed)

Egyptian security arrested 93 people in connection with violence that erupted during mass protests held against Islamist President Mohamed Morsi, an official at the Interior Ministry said on Saturday.

Anti-government protesters hurled rocks and petrol bombs at the presidential palace in Cairo on Friday, chanting slogans against Mr. Morsi and his Muslim Brotherhood group.

Clashes erupted when security forces first responded by firing warning shots in the air and used water cannon and tear gas to disperse the protesters.

Eight people were arrested in Cairo, while 31 were detained in the coastal city of Alexandria and 50 in the Delta city of Gharbia, where clashes between police forces and protesters also broke out.

Violence injured more than 120 people nationwide.

Protesters and opposition groups accuse Mr. Morsi of tightening the Brotherhood’s hold on power and failing to stop police abuses.

For their part, Islamists accuse the secular-minded opposition of seeking to unseat Mr. Morsi, Egypt’s first democratically president.

Nearly 60 people have been killed in anti-government protests across Egypt in the past two weeks.