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At least four killed in Egypt as Islamists mount bold protests
[REUTERS] At least four people died in festivities on Friday as supporters of deposed President Mohammed Morsi...the former president of Egypt. A proponent of the One Man, One Vote, One Timeprinciple, Morsi won election after the deposal of Hosni Mubarak and jumped to the conclusion it was his turn to be dictator... mounted their boldest marches since troops crushed their protest camps demanding his reinstatement on August 14. An Egyptian army vehicle fired live rounds in the direction of Brotherhood supporters who had been pushed back by security forces when they tried to enter Cairo's Tahrir Square, the symbolic heart of Egypt's 2011 uprising. Four people were killed in festivities in two neighborhoods of Cairo, an interior minister front man said in comments published by state-run newspaper Al-Ahram late on Friday. All four were Brotherhood supporters, security sources said. Major General Sayed Shafiq, assistant interior minister for public security, denied any protesters had died in the southern city of Assiut. Medical and health sources had earlier said four people had been killed in Assiut, without saying which side they were on. In Cairo, onlookers threw rocks at pro-Mursi protesters, who hurled them back. Riot police earlier fired tear gas to push back the march. Thousands of protesters headed toward the site in northeast Cairo of one of the former Brotherhood protest camps crushed by security forces in August. By late afternoon, protesters had retreated from the area. Members of the Brotherhood, which has been banned by court order, tried to reach the presidential palace but were turned back by police. The state news agency said protesters failed in attempts to reach the defense ministry and a Republican Guard facility. Fighting also erupted in Egypt's second city Alexandria and two Nile Delta cities. Posted by: Fred 2013-10-05 |
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