EGYPT: Muslim Brotherhood claims at least 70 supporters have been shot dead by security forces in Cairo clashes

Record ID: 862312

  • Title: EGYPT: Muslim Brotherhood claims at least 70 supporters have been shot dead by security forces in Cairo clashes
  • Date: 27th July 2013
  • Summary: CAIRO, EGYPT (JULY 27, 2013) (REUTERS) PRO-MURSI SUPPORTERS NEAR FRONT LINE OF CLASHES WHERE BLACK SMOKE IS BILLOWING AND GUNFIRE AUDIBLE AMBULANCE RACING PAST CAMERA PEOPLE RUNNING AND DUCKING FROM LIVE FIRE INJURED MAN ON STRETCHER BEING PUT IN AMBULANCE CARS CARRYING INJURED WOUNDED MAN BEING TREATED IN AMBULANCE CAR WITH SMASHED WINDSCREEN PROTESTERS SHOWING USED CARTRIDGE CASES TO CAMERA AMBULANCES RACING PAST CAMERA WOUNDED YOUTH BEING TREATED IN AMBULANCE PROTESTERS NEAR FRONT LINE/ SMOKE AND GUNFIRE MAN WITH BLOODIED SHIRT AMBULANCES RACING PAST CAMERA INJURED MAN BEING CARRIED
  • Embargoed: 11th August 2013 13:00
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  • Location: Egypt
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  • Country: Egypt
  • Topics: Politics
  • Reuters ID: LVA9KTVHL7B07KPW0TUAJPE7CB56
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  • Story Text: Egyptian security forces shot dead at least 70 supporters of ousted President Mohammed Mursi on Saturday (July 27), his Muslim Brotherhood said, days after the army chief called for a popular mandate to tackle "violence and terrorism".
    Brotherhood spokesman Gehad El-Haddad said the shooting started shortly before pre-dawn morning prayers on the fringes of a round-the-clock sit-in being staged by backers of Mursi, who was toppled by the army more than three weeks ago.
    Activists rushed blood-spattered casualties into a makeshift hospital, some were carried in on planks or blankets.
    Al Jazeera's Egypt television station reported that 120 had been killed and some 4,500 injured in the early morning violence. A Reuters reporter at the scene counted 36 bodies at an improvised morgue.
    There was no immediate comment from state authorities on what had happened. If the death toll is confirmed it would be the deadliest incident since Mursi was deposed, who is under investigation for a raft of crimes, including murder.
    Hundreds of thousands of Egyptians came out onto the streets in answer to General Abdel Fattah al-Sisi's call on Wednesday for mass protests on Friday. Muslim Brotherhood supporters protested in similar numbers to demand Mursi's reinstatement. He is being detained at an undisclosed location.
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