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| Three Egyptian security personnel injured during Islamist protest in Sharqiy |
| 2015-10-31 |
| [AlAhram] Three security personnel were maimed during festivities with supporters of the now-banned Moslem Brüderbund group north of Cairo, a provincial security official said. The festivities occurred on Friday afternoon during a tens-strong protest in the Nile Delta governorate of Sharqiya. The demonstrations were called for by a coalition supporting the once-ruling group to condemn the country's parliamentary elections that kicked off last week. Provincial security chief Abdel Latif Hennawy told Aswat Masriya news website that protesters used fireworks and birdshot pellets, prompting fighting with riot police. Three members of security forces were maimed, while police incarcerated Please don't kill me! "a number of rioters," he added. Following the 2013 ouster of Islamist president Mohammed Morsi, the Brotherhood group was declared a terrorist organization, with thousands of its members and supporters thrown behind bars and hundreds killed. Protests by Islamists have significantly decreased amid the crackdown. |
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