EGYPT: Supporters of the Muslim Brotherhood and deposed President Mohamed Mursi clash with local residents and police as they attempt to march on Tahrir Square

Record ID: 645036

  • Title: EGYPT: Supporters of the Muslim Brotherhood and deposed President Mohamed Mursi clash with local residents and police as they attempt to march on Tahrir Square
  • Date: 6th October 2013
  • Summary: CAIRO, EGYPT (OCTOBER 6, 2013) (REUTERS) VARIOUS OF LOCAL RESIDENTS OF RAMSES AREA IN DOWNTOWN CAIRO THROWING STONES TOWARDS MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD SUPPORTERS WITH FIRE IN BACKGROUND POLICE WALKING TOWARDS SITE OF CLASHES / LOCAL RESIDENTS WALKING WITH THEM POLICE FIRING TEARGAS CANISTERS TOWARDS BROTHERHOOD SUPPORTERS AS RESIDENTS THROW STONES LOCAL RESIDENTS RUNNING BACK FROM CLASHES WITH BROTHERHOOD SUPPORTERS POLICE FIRING SHOTGUN (NOT CLEAR WHETHER BIRDSHOT OR LIVE AMMUNITION) TOWARDS BROTHERHOOD SUPPORTERS AS RESIDENTS THROW STONES POLICE, RESIDENTS AND PHOTOGRAPHER LOOKING TOWARDS CLOUD OF TEARGAS IN DISTANCE VARIOUS OF RESIDENTS THROWING STONES TOWARDS BROTHERHOOD SUPPORTERS, RUBBLE LITTERING STREET VARIOUS OF MILITARY HELICOPTERS FLYING OVERHEAD AS PART OF OCTOBER 6 CELEBRATIONS OF BATTLE WITH ISRAEL IN 1973 POLICE WALKING THROUGH RUBBLE-STREWN STREETS AFTER CLASHES VARIOUS OF LOCAL RESIDENTS LOOKING AT RUBBLE AND FIRE IN STREETS FIRE BURNING IN STREET
  • Embargoed: 21st October 2013 13:00
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  • Location: Egypt
  • Country: Egypt
  • Topics: Domestic Politics
  • Reuters ID: LVA7H6SGXCD7HL1CGOZHKHM5TCVG
  • Story Text: Muslim Brotherhood supporters clashed with police and local residents of the Ramses Square area of Downtown Cairo on Sunday (October 6) as they attempted to march on Tahrir Square.
    The state news agency MENA quoted the health ministry as saying the casualty toll had risen to 28 dead and more than 90 wounded.
    Brotherhood supporters, who are demanding the reinstatement of deposed President Mohamed Mursi, met resistance from police who fired teargas and local residents who threw stones.
    Thousands of supporters of deposed Egyptian President Mohamed Mursi marched through various neighbourhoods of Cairo on Sunday towards Tahrir Square, where pro-army supporters gathered to celebrate the anniversary of an attack on Israeli forces in 1973.
    But a heavy military presence stopped them reaching the square which was the rallying point for protesters during the revolt that toppled autocrat Hosni Mubarak in 2011.
    Egyptian authorities had warned on Saturday (October 5) that anyone who protested against the army during the October 6 ceremonies would be regarded as an agent of foreign powers, not an activist.
    Army chief General Abdel Fatah al-Sisi, the man who ousted Mursi on July 3, has promised a political roadmap would bring free and fair elections and stability to Egypt. The Muslim Brotherhood has rejected the political transition, saying the army-backed government installed by Sisi is illegitimate.
    Clashes between Mursi supporters and police broke out in several other cities, including Alexandria, Suez and Aswan.
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