EGYPT: Tensions are high in Cairo's Ramses Square and police fire tear gas at supporters of ousted president Mohamed Mursi and the Muslim Brotherhood

Record ID: 645026

  • Title: EGYPT: Tensions are high in Cairo's Ramses Square and police fire tear gas at supporters of ousted president Mohamed Mursi and the Muslim Brotherhood
  • Date: 16th August 2013
  • Summary: CAIRO, EGYPT (AUGUST 16, 2013) (REUTERS) WIDE OF PROTESTERS AT RAMSES SQUARE, SMOKE IN THE AIR PROTESTERS IN SQUARE AND SMOKE IN THE AIR, SOUND OF GUNFIRE MOTORCYCLE DRIVING PAST, CARRYING INJURED VARIOUS OF SECURITY FORCES ON ROOF OF BUILDING, FIRING TEAR GAS, AUDIO OF GUNFIRE PROTESTERS SHOUTING MORE OF SECURITY FORCES ON ROOF OF BUILDING PROTESTERS STANDING, SMOKE RISING FROM BURNING TREE MAN STANDING ON TOP BALCONY OF BUILDING PROTESTER WAVING EGYPTIAN FLAG, AUDIO OF GUNFIRE, PROTESTERS SHOUTING, SHAKING BENCH PROTESTERS ON STREET
  • Embargoed: 31st August 2013 13:00
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  • Location: Egypt
  • Country: Egypt
  • Topics: Domestic Politics
  • Reuters ID: LVA2K6O7FM551MTVRH5Y23WGIMSG
  • Story Text: Protests by supporters of ousted Islamist President Mohamed Mursi turned violent across Egypt on Friday (August 16), with witnesses reporting four dead in central Cairo and at least 12 killed in northern cities as the Muslim Brotherhood staged a "Day of Rage".
    In Cairo, gunshots echoed around the huge Ramses Square, focal point of Brotherhood protests in the capital, and police fired salvoes of tear gas.
    Four people were killed and many more wounded by gunshot and birdshot in the square, a witness said.
    The army deployed dozens of armored vehicles on major roads around the capital after Mursi's Brotherhood movement called the demonstrations, and the Interior Ministry said police would use live ammunition against anyone threatening public buildings.
    The violence followed Wednesday's (August 14) assault by security forces on two Brotherhood sit-ins in Cairo that left hundreds dead, as security forces tried to end weeks of turbulence following the army's toppling of Mursi on July 3.
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