Egyptian police and military attack demonstrators on the Day of Rage where over 60 people have been reportedly killed. The protests took place on Friday August 16, 2013., a photo by Pan-African News Wire File Photos on Flickr.
At least 27 dead in 'Friday of Rage' clashes in Egypt
Ahram Online, Friday 16 Aug 2013
Health ministry says at least 27 dead in Egypt following violent clashes between pro-Morsi protesters, residents and police on 'Friday of Rage'
At least 27 people were killed across Egypt on Friday, the health ministry said, in clashes between security forces and loyalists of deposed Islamist president Mohamed Morsi.
Health ministry sources said four were killed in clashes in the Suez Canal city of Ismailia and eight in Damietta.
A makeshift hospital in Cairo's Ramses Square, where Morsi supporters are converging, has put the death toll at 42.
Earlier, Egyptian state television reported that at least 7 were killed so far in Cairo. At least one person has been reported killed in Giza, according to the health ministry.
Unofficial reports from witnesses claimed a higher tally in several cities.
Violence broke out as thousands of Islamists marched in several cities across Egypt in what they dubbed the "Friday of Rage" to protest Wednesday's crackdown on pro-Morsi protest camps, which left more than 600 people dead and thousands wounded.
Clashes erupted between supporters of deposed president Mohamed Morsi and residents in several areas in Cairo and Giza.
In Cairo's Boulaq Abou El-Ela district, near Ramses Square, clashes ensued between the district's residents and protesters coming off the 15 May Bridge.
Stones were thrown between the clashing groups and gunfire could be heard.
Earlier on Friday, Egyptian state television showed footage of two men armed with automatic weapons at a pro-Morsi march on Cairo’s 15 May Bridge above the Boulaq district on Friday.
In Giza's Dokki district, clashes were also reported between demonstrators and residents at Tahrir Road.
Al-Jazeera English journalist Rawya Rageh reported via Twitter that there was "commotion" on Tahrir Street.
"I see men running with pistols in side streets after gunshots heard as Muslim Brotherhood rally marched.”
Al-Ahram Arabic news website reported clashes between security forces and pro-Morsi protesters at Giza Square in the Giza district, saying security forces fired teargas in an attempt to disperse the crowds.
http://english.ahram.org.eg/News/79214.aspx
Spokesman for Egypt's NSF quits group over support for 'police massacres'
Ahram Online, Friday 16 Aug 2013
Spokesman for key liberal coalition resigns in protest at group's support for police 'massacres' at pro-Morsi sit-ins
The official spokesman for the National Salvation Front resigned on Friday in protest at the group’s support for police violence against supporters of ousted president Mohamed Morsi.
Khaled Dawoud resigned from the front, a loose liberal coalition that led opposition to Morsi, citing hisrejection of the group’s support for the police's use of force against pro-Morsi demonstrators in a crackdown on Wednesday which left hundreds dead.
"The National Salvation Front has refused to condemn the massacre committed by security forces in dispersing [pro-Morsi] sit-ins in Rabaa and Nahda squares," said his resignation statement, posted on his Facebook account Friday.
"The front has clearly decided to side with the police in its ongoing confrontation with the Brotherhood."
Dawoud also rejected the "unacceptable attack" by some of the front's members on Mohamed ElBaradei, a leading liberal politician and member of the coalition who on Wednesday resigned his position as vice president following the crackdown.
Dawoud went on to stress that the only way out of the current crisis is a political solution that ensures the Brotherhood are reintegrated into the political process.
Clashes rapidly ensued on Friday afternoon after renewed protests by Morsi supporters. Dozens have been pronounced dead, with numbers expected to rise as violence continues.
The National Salvation Front was a strong supporter of the 30 June protests that demanded the resignation of Morsi and his subsequent ouster by the military.
http://english.ahram.org.eg/News/79228.aspx
Brotherhood throws blame back at Egyptian security forces for violent deaths
Ahram Online, Friday 16 Aug 2013
Egypt's Brotherhood dissociates from all recent violence and sectarian attacks against churches as streets fill with angry Morsi supporters Friday afternoon
Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood holds the police and those responsible for carrying out the 'military coup' for the violence and terrorism sweeping Egypt after Islamist protesters were forcibly dispersed from their weeks-long sit-ins.
"Although those who are against the coup in Egypt insisted on peaceful resistance, protests and sit-ins, the military coup launched military campaigns against them, leading to the murder of thousands, even burning some of them alive and killing the injured, besides burning dead bodies and mosques," reads the statement issued on Friday, referring to those that died or were injured at the Al-Rabawiya and Nahda square sit-ins.
Security forces, however, claim it was the Brotherhood that burned the Rabaa Al-Adawiya Mosque and dead bodies at the sit-in.
The Muslim Brotherhood also accused the media in Egypt of launching a campaign to spread lies about those opposing the "coup" in the absence of any other channels that were transmitting the "truth." Authorities shut down several Islamist television channels, including Misr 25, the official Brotherhood channel, a day after deposing Brotherhood-fielded president Mohamed Morsi on 3 July, claiming the channels were inciting hatred.
"As we have previously insisted: that our opposition is peaceful and will continue to be peaceful, it dissociates itself from all the violence and terrorism as well sectarian clashes and hold fully responsible the military coup and their supporters - from police to thugs - for the violent events and terrorism, as they do not care for anything except to take over power," charges the statement.
The Muslim Brotherhood is accused of being behind the latest sectarian attacks against churches, as well as attacks against security forces and police stations in different governorates.
http://english.ahram.org.eg/News/79201.aspx
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