Protesters burned down a military intelligence headquarters Tuesday in Salloum city near Egypt's border with Libya, after two protesters were killed during clashes with the armed forces, state-run newspaper Al-Ahram reported.
The clashes erupted Tuesday evening when protesters attempted to block the international road between Egypt and Libya.
Local residents were protesting higher tolls for trucks traveling the road, which jumped from LE450 to LE600. The army then intervened to open the road, which led to the clashes that killed Anwar Abdel Maksoud, 14, and Abdel Moula Mahmoud Beshry, 23.
The victims' families refused to bury the bodies before the defense minister and fact-finding committee members came to investigate, Ahram added.
Meanwhile, self-organized citizen committees secured the Salloum police station to prevent potential attacks from the angry families as the military had pulled back from the border city.
The Freedom and Justice Party secretary in Marsa Matrouh, Fouad Zaghloul, said Salloum residents imposed a curfew after several political forces intervened.
Ahram also added that a number of lawmakers went to Salloum to negotiate with the residents and resolve the dispute.
The liberal Al-Wafd newspaper reported on its website Wednesday that Salloum residents were calling for civil disobedience. All stores were closed and border traffic at the Salloum crossing was halted.
According to the newspaper, citizens rejected what they called inhumane treatment at the hands of the army and the firing of live ammunition on protesters.
A prosecution team went on Wednesday to Salloum to examine the dead bodies and begin an investigation, Al-Wafd reported.
