Egyptians marched against Islamist president Mohamed Morsi in cities across the country yesterday and a few hundred attacked the presidential palace with petrol bombs and rocks.

An angry Mohammed Morsi refused to call off a referendum on a disputed constitution that sparked Egypt’s worst political crisis in two years, drawing chants of “topple the regime!” from protesters who waved their shoes in contempt.

Three students were killed and dozens injured today when a fire broke out inside a university campus building in Egypt’s Nile Delta, police and hospital officials said.

Two people were killed as police fought with voters trying to break the police blockades of polling stations in opposition strongholds today, the final day of Egypt’s parliamentary elections.

Riot police fought with voters, firing tear gas and bullets that killed one person, as the state barred polling stations in opposition strongholds in the third and final round of Egypt's legislative elections.