Egypt Coup: Three Killed In Cairo Gun Battle

At least three people have reportedly been shot dead after Egyptian troops opened fire in a stand-off with demonstrators.

Violence erupted as supporters of ousted president Mohamed Morsi marched on the Cairo headquarters of the Republican Guard chanting "down with military rule".

Thousands of people streamed towards the barracks after a Muslim Brotherhood rally at the city's Rabea al Adaweya mosque.

Protesters carry away an injured man in Cairo

Shots were fired as protesters hung pictures of Mr Morsi on a barbed wire barrier around the military complex, although a spokesman for the Egyptian army said troops were using only blank rounds.

Soldiers were pelted with stones and responded by firing tear gas into the crowd.

Sky's Middle East correspondent Sam Kiley, who is in Cairo, saw several people injured in one army savlo and said live rounds had "certainly" been used.

The army says soldiers fired blank rounds and tear gas

"I've seen one spent bullet from an automatic weapon," he said. "There were shotguns in use."

He spoke to one man whose clothes were apparently stained with the blood of a victim and said the atmosphere as "tense", with the headquarters likely to become a "magnet" for supporters of Mr Morsi.

The clashes came after the United Nations' human rights chief expressed concern at the arrest of key members of Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood.

A supporter of Mohamed Morsi holds a poster of the ousted president

Navi Pillay said there should be "no more violence, no arbitrary detention, no illegal acts of retribution" following the military intervention that forced Mr Morsi from office.

He is believed to have been placed under house arrest since Egypt's top judge, Adli Mansour, was sworn in as interim president.

At least four of his aides and advisers are also being held.

Mohamed Morsi is said to be under house arrest

Elsewhere, the Egyptian army positioned its tanks and troops outside the presidential palace in Cairo, blocking access to protesters. There have been smaller-scale clashes way from Cairo, with protesters taking on police in Alexandria.

It came after the Muslim Brotherhood and its allies called for protesters to take to the streets on the Muslim day of prayer for what it described as a "Friday of Rage".

Egyptians are braced for more violence, although Muslim Brotherhood officials have urged their followers to keep their protests peaceful.

Sky's Andrew Wilson, in Cairo, said: "Everyone's trying to read the signals and figure out what's most likely to happen next, and they're hoping for some sort of resolution.

"One thing we will not see this time round, as we might have seen during some parts of the original Arab Spring, is two sides clashing.

"The protesters in Tahrir Square - this so-called coalition or rebellion - all agreed on one point and one point only. They wanted Mr Morsi out and they've won. They have no interest whatsoever in getting involved in clashes in the streets.

"Two-and-a-half years ago, it was pro-Hosni Mubarak supporters fighting with anti-Mubarak campaigners, clashing with the army in the middle.

"The army has delivered what half the population wants and now only has the job of policing the other half."

Meanwhile, Ms Pillay called on authorities to investigate the "appalling" rise in sexual violence against women.

It comes after a number of women told Human Rights Watch they had been assaulted in Tahrir Square.

The charity said some women had been beaten with metal chairs, chains and sticks, while others were attacked with knives.

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