Protesters outside Egypt's Ministry of Interior near Tahrir Square reach a temporary truce with police forces.
They say they were allowed to pray for those killed in the Port Said football disaster, without fear of reprisal.
But they soon found themselves escaping clouds of tear gas once again as the Imam said the final prayers.
(SOUNDBITE) (Arabic) PROTESTER, KHALED AZZAB, SAYING:
"We were praying, we stopped all kinds of clashes, but they betrayed us, they beat us"
Demonstrators rushed to assist fallen protestors and carry others to field hospitals.
Earlier in the day demonstrators performed Friday prayers in relative calm.
But violence soon erupted again as riot police blocked access to the Interior Ministry.
Almost 400 people have been injured in confrontations triggered by the deaths of 74 people in the country's worst football tragedy on Wednesday.
At least four have died in the clashes so far.
Sarah Wali, Reuters
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