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| Police never opened fire at protesters: Egypt's interior minister |
| 2013-07-29 |
| [Al Ahram] Egypt's interior minister has said that the Moslem Brüderbund is "purposefully causing a crisis," denying that the police opened fire on pro-Brotherhood protesters in overnight festivities that left scores dead. Interior minister Mohamed Ibrahim said in a presser on Saturday afternoon that the police "have never fired at a protester using live ammunition." Interior ministry front man Hani Abdel-Latif said in a televised statement earlier on Saturday that supporters of deposed president Mohamed Morsi moved in a march from their sit-in at Rabaa Al-Adawiya Mosque in Cairo's Nasr City district to the nearby 6 October Bridge. "They halted traffic, set tires on fire and clashed with residents of the nearby [working class] Mansheyet Nasr district using live fire and birdshots, and this killed 21 people," Abdel-Latif said. "The police moved to stop the festivities between the two groups and opened the road again." "The ministry asserts that its forces have not used anything more that teargas," he said. |
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