EGYPT: Thousands of supporters of deposed Egyptian President Mohamed Mursi have marched through Cairo towards Tahrir Square, where pro-army supporters gathered to celebrate the anniversary of an attack on Israeli forces in 1973

Record ID: 214072

  • Title: EGYPT: Thousands of supporters of deposed Egyptian President Mohamed Mursi have marched through Cairo towards Tahrir Square, where pro-army supporters gathered to celebrate the anniversary of an attack on Israeli forces in 1973
  • Date: 6th October 2013
  • Summary: CAIRO, EGYPT (OCTOBER 6, 2013) (REUTERS) POLICE FACING OFF WITH SUPPORTERS OF FORMER PRESIDENT MOHAMED MURSI WHO ARE BEHIND A CLOUD OF TEAR GAS RIOT POLICE OFFICER SUFFERING FROM TEARGAS EXPOSURE RIOT POLICE RUNNING TOWARDS MURSI SUPPORTERS ARMY APCS DRIVING TOWARDS CLASHES VARIOUS OF MURSI SUPPORTERS TAKING SHELTER IN BOAT AS TEAR GAS IS FIRED AT THEM MURSI SUPPORTERS JUMPING FROM BOAT INTO THE NILE TOP SHOT OF EGYPTIANS CELEBRATING 1973 WAR ANNIVERSARY IN TAHRIR SQUARE GIANT POSTER OF HEAD OF EGYPTIAN ARMED FORCES, GENERAL ABDUL FATAH AL-SISI ON BUILDING VARIOUS OF PEOPLE CELEBRATING IN TAHRIR SQUARE
  • Embargoed: 21st October 2013 13:00
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  • Location: Egypt
  • Country: Egypt
  • Topics: History,Politics
  • Reuters ID: LVA5IE8XKQLPBFRMAURQ15I8B9H8
  • Story Text: Police fired tear gas at supporters of ousted Egyptian President Mohamed Mursi in Cairo on Sunday (October 6) as they tried to march towards Tahrir Square during a celebration commemorating Egypt's 1973 war with Israel.
    Both opponents and supporters of the Brotherhood had called for more mass protests on Sunday, during celebrations of the anniversary of an Egyptian attack on Israeli forces in the Sinai during the 1973 war.
    Riot police and soldiers drove back Mursi supporters as they marched up a broad avenue in downtown Cairo towards Tahrir Square, the focal point of the uprising that toppled Hosni Mubarak in 2011.
    Some Mursi supporters tried to flee in a boat but then jumped into the Nile after riot police fired tear gas at the boat.
    Earlier, thousands of Egyptians gathered in Cairo's iconic Tahrir Square this morning, with many carrying posters of the head of the armed forces, General Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi, who ousted Mursi in July following mass demonstrations against the elected Islamist leader.
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