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Opponents of Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi burn a Freedom and Justice Party office Friday in Alexandria, Egypt.
By M. Alex Johnson, staff writer, NBC News
U.S. officials told NBC News they were investigating reports Friday that a U.S. citizen was stabbed to death during anti-government protests in Egypt.
Al Jazeera and Reuters, both quoting doctors and Egyptian security officials, and the Egyptian state news agency MENA reported Friday that the man died from a stab wound to the chest in Alexandria.
Officials at the U.S. Embassy in Cairo told NBC News that they were investigating the reports but hadn't been able to confirm them.
Gen. Amin Ezzeddin, a senior security official in Alexandria, told Reuters that the American was using a mobile phone camera near an office of President Mohammed Morsi's Muslim Brotherhood as it was being attacked by protesters. The man died at a military hospital, Ezzeddin said.
At least 80 other people have been wounded in the Alexandria protests, MENA reported.
The protests are part of the buildup to nationwide "June 30" demonstrations marking a year since Morsi's election. Morsis opponents hope to force early presidential elections, citing a range of social and economic issues.
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Morsi's supporters have promised that they will also take to the streets to defend the Muslim Brotherhood-backed government.
"There are no services. We can't find diesel or gasoline," Mohamed Abdel Latif, an accountant, told Reuters. "We elected Morsi, but this is enough."
Charlene Gubash of NBC News contributed to this report from Cairo, Egypt.
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