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| Four killed in Egypt clashes |
| 2014-03-30 |
| Four people including an Egyptian woman journalist were killed in Cairo on Friday as police clashed with Islamists protesting against ex-army chief Abdel Fattah Al Sisi’s presidency bid, a security official said. Mayada Ashraf, who worked for the privately owned Al Dustour newspaper, was shot in the head while covering clashes in the northern neighbourhood of Ein Shams, the official said, adding that three more people were killed in the same violence and 10 wounded. Four people were also wounded in clashes in the northern province of Damietta, health ministry official Khaled Al Khatib said. |
| Posted by:Steve White |
| #1 Raymond Ibraham reports one of the dead is a Coptic woman murdered because of her faith, the protests against General al Sisi taking the form of attacking a Coptic church. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2014-03-30 12:45 |