Two members of the Muslim Brotherhood have been killed in by Egyptian security forces in the Nile Delta, and the group said another of its supporters was shot dead in Alexandria.

The Brotherhood had no immediate comment on the incident. The death in Alexandria was confirmed by senior ambulance service official Omar Nasr, according to the Reuters news agency.

The website of the Brotherhood's Freedom and Justice party identified the man killed as 50-year old Abdel Hakim el-Zamzami.

It said he had been shot by security forces and "militias" as they tried to break up a protest.

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Supporters of Egypt's ousted President Mohammed Morsi raise the four-finger sign, a symbol of defiance associated with the supporters, during a trial in court in Alexandria, Egypt, Saturday, March 29, 2014.

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