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| Nearly 1,000 Killed in Cairo since Aug 14 Crackdown | |
| 2013-11-15 | |
| [An Nahar] Clashes in Cairo and its suburbs have killed at least 989 people since security forces launched an August 14 crackdown on supporters of ousted Egyptian 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... , a forensic official told Agence La Belle France Presse Thursday.
The protesters had been calling for Morsi's return after he was tossed and imprisoned by the army on July 3. Dozens more were also killed on August 14 in the capital's Nahda Square when police and troops dispersed a similar sit-in. Abdul Hamid said the corpse count was based on forensic details collected by several morgues in and around Cairo. It does not include security forces' casualties. Egypt's military-installed authorities are engaged in a campaign against Islamist supporters of Morsi, which has also seen more than 2,000 people tossed in the calaboose Book 'im, Mahmoud! since August 14. Morsi himself has been put on trial for charges related to deaths of protesters during his presidency. Military chief General Abdel Fattah al-Sisi overthrew Morsi, the country's first democratically elected president, after millions of Egyptians erupted into the streets in July calling for the Islamist's resignation. Protesters calling for his removal had accused Morsi of working for the sole benefit of his Moslem Brüderbund, ruining an already dilapidated economy and monopolizing power after the 2011 uprising that toppled long-time ruler Hosni Mubarak ...The former President-for-Life of Egypt, dumped by popular demand in early 2011... . | |
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