Egypt's elections turn violent

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CAIRO, Jun 11 (AP): Elections for Egypt's upper chamber of parliament turned violent Monday as one man was killed in clashes between ruling party supporters and independents outside a polling station in the northern Nile Delta region, police said.
Police identified the man killed as Ahmed Abdel Salam Ghanim, a supporter of the independent candidate running in Monday's Shura council elections.
The death occurred when clashes between supporters escalated into gunfire outside a polling station in al-Husseiniya in al-Sharqiya province, police said, speaking on customary condition of anonymity.
At another polling station near the country's capital, Cairo, security was heavy, and police kept voters way from the polls.
Monday's elections are significant because the president's ruling party is competing against the country's powerful Islamic opposition group, which is participating in Shura Council elections for the first time.