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من طرف Egypt : Military accused of killing over 100 Muslim Brotherhood followers
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Egypt's military rulers were last night accused of killing more than 100 supporters of former president Mohammed Morsi in the worst night of bloodshed since the fall of Hosni Mubarak
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The Muslim Brotherhood claimed that at least 120 people had died,and hundreds more injured,when the army opened fire with live rounds.Sixty six were killed and a further 61 "clinically dead" on life support machines,they said
Some of the pro-Morsi demonstrators had been taking part in a sit-in protest at a mosque in Cairo
The health ministry,however,put the death toll in Cairo at 65
The Sunday Telegraph saw the aftermath of the violence first hand on Saturday at a makeshift field hospital close to the Rabaa al-Adawiya mosque,where dozens of corpses were laid out in a room and blood soaked the carpets
Hundreds of wounded lay resting and groaning on floor. Doctors and volunteers sought to treat the injured with minimal first aid kits
Many aimed chants at Gen Abdul Fattah al-Sisi, the head of the armed forces,saying: “The people want to execute the butcher.”i
Gehad El-Haddad,a Muslim Brotherhood spokesman,on Saturday said the army had been “shooting to kill”,rather than “shooting to wound” when trying to disperse the protesters
The bullet wounds are in the head and chest,he said.Witnesses also reported snipers firing from rooftops
Egypt’s health ministry,however,put the death toll much lower,while security forces insisted they had not used live fire,only tear gas,and blamed the clashes on the Islamists
The confrontation,in the early hours of Saturday morning, had followed a day when both pro and anti-Morsi demonstrators had held two huge rival protests in Cairo
It came as the climax to weeks of anger over the ousting of Mr Morsi,Egypt’s first democratically elected president,in a military coup
Three weeks ago,50 supporters of the Muslim Brotherhood were killed when the army opened fire outside the Rabaa al-Adawiya mosque
But this weekend’s violence, the worst since Mr Mubarak,was overthrown as president during the revolution in 2011,was markedly worse and drew international condemnation
It leaves the political situation in the country dangerously poised
The threat of violence had been apparent since Wednesday,when General al-Sisi first called for mass rallies on Friday to give Egypt’s new military rulers a mandate to fight “violence and terrorism.”i
Supporters of Mr Morsi,who was ousted on July 3,took his words as a disturbing coded message that they would no longer be tolerated,and that their sit-ins and rallies around the Rabaa al-Adawiya mosque in east Cairo would be broken up
On Friday the storm broke.Conflicting reports emerged as to the exact course of events,but officials claimed the Muslim Brotherhood supporters had tried to move away from the mosque,along the airport road towards the military parade ground where President Anwar Sadat was assassinated in 1981
The crowds were trying to push out of Rabaa and block the road,one policeman told The Sunday Telegraph,standing on a street corner littered with rocks from the fight
My troops asked them to go back and they refused and so we fired tear gas. We did not use live ammunition
Several witnesses at the scene,however,gave a much different account
One group of Mr Morsi’s supporters said some of the protesters had tried to march toward a nearby overpass,when they were met by a volley of tear gas from the police
They said the demonstrators had responded by hurling rocks and stones at the security forces, before the police then opened fire
There were snipers on the rooftops,I could hear the bullets whizzing past me,said Ahmed el Nashar, 34, a media consultant for the Muslim Brotherhood,choking back his tears.“Man, people were just dropping.”i
Mahmoud Ibrahim,a member of the brotherhood involved in the protests,said: “They kill us and then accuse of being terrorists.”i
Aya Alaa,28,was among those who tried to help the wounded
She said: “First, we had a field hospital but that was not enough for the casualties.So we used the media centre,but that was not enough.So we pushed sheltering women from remaining mosque and used that too.”i
Outside the mosque on Saturday,thousands gathered to pray,but their prayers were broken up by ambulances driving through the crowds to carry the wounded
Leaning out of the window of his car,a man pulled up alongside the kerb to give his verdict
This is like a war. Sisi is killing people in the street who have nothing but an opinion,he said
By midday on Saturday,medical workers had begun ferrying bodies wrapped in white shrouds to hospitals,carrying them on blood-soaked stretchers past a furious throng of Morsi loyalists
Allahu akbar! [God is greatest],chanted the crowd that formed a corridor to waiting ambulances
Some wept,and women ululated as each body was taken from the makeshift morgue in a marble-floored section of the mosque
Adly Mansour,the interim president,said that his government seeks to include everyone,but it will not accept lawlessness,blocked roads and attacks on state institutions.He urged the pro-Morsi protesters to go home, promising they won’t be pursued or arrested
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[ندعوك للتسجيل في المنتدى أو التعريف بنفسك لمعاينة هذا الرابط]
By Ruth Sherlock,and Magdy Samaan in Cairo,and Harriet Alexander
BST 27 Jul 2013
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Egypt's military rulers were last night accused of killing more than 100 supporters of former president Mohammed Morsi in the worst night of bloodshed since the fall of Hosni Mubarak
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The Muslim Brotherhood claimed that at least 120 people had died,and hundreds more injured,when the army opened fire with live rounds.Sixty six were killed and a further 61 "clinically dead" on life support machines,they said
Some of the pro-Morsi demonstrators had been taking part in a sit-in protest at a mosque in Cairo
The health ministry,however,put the death toll in Cairo at 65
The Sunday Telegraph saw the aftermath of the violence first hand on Saturday at a makeshift field hospital close to the Rabaa al-Adawiya mosque,where dozens of corpses were laid out in a room and blood soaked the carpets
Hundreds of wounded lay resting and groaning on floor. Doctors and volunteers sought to treat the injured with minimal first aid kits
Many aimed chants at Gen Abdul Fattah al-Sisi, the head of the armed forces,saying: “The people want to execute the butcher.”i
Gehad El-Haddad,a Muslim Brotherhood spokesman,on Saturday said the army had been “shooting to kill”,rather than “shooting to wound” when trying to disperse the protesters
The bullet wounds are in the head and chest,he said.Witnesses also reported snipers firing from rooftops
Egypt’s health ministry,however,put the death toll much lower,while security forces insisted they had not used live fire,only tear gas,and blamed the clashes on the Islamists
The confrontation,in the early hours of Saturday morning, had followed a day when both pro and anti-Morsi demonstrators had held two huge rival protests in Cairo
It came as the climax to weeks of anger over the ousting of Mr Morsi,Egypt’s first democratically elected president,in a military coup
Three weeks ago,50 supporters of the Muslim Brotherhood were killed when the army opened fire outside the Rabaa al-Adawiya mosque
But this weekend’s violence, the worst since Mr Mubarak,was overthrown as president during the revolution in 2011,was markedly worse and drew international condemnation
It leaves the political situation in the country dangerously poised
The threat of violence had been apparent since Wednesday,when General al-Sisi first called for mass rallies on Friday to give Egypt’s new military rulers a mandate to fight “violence and terrorism.”i
Supporters of Mr Morsi,who was ousted on July 3,took his words as a disturbing coded message that they would no longer be tolerated,and that their sit-ins and rallies around the Rabaa al-Adawiya mosque in east Cairo would be broken up
On Friday the storm broke.Conflicting reports emerged as to the exact course of events,but officials claimed the Muslim Brotherhood supporters had tried to move away from the mosque,along the airport road towards the military parade ground where President Anwar Sadat was assassinated in 1981
The crowds were trying to push out of Rabaa and block the road,one policeman told The Sunday Telegraph,standing on a street corner littered with rocks from the fight
My troops asked them to go back and they refused and so we fired tear gas. We did not use live ammunition
Several witnesses at the scene,however,gave a much different account
One group of Mr Morsi’s supporters said some of the protesters had tried to march toward a nearby overpass,when they were met by a volley of tear gas from the police
They said the demonstrators had responded by hurling rocks and stones at the security forces, before the police then opened fire
There were snipers on the rooftops,I could hear the bullets whizzing past me,said Ahmed el Nashar, 34, a media consultant for the Muslim Brotherhood,choking back his tears.“Man, people were just dropping.”i
Mahmoud Ibrahim,a member of the brotherhood involved in the protests,said: “They kill us and then accuse of being terrorists.”i
Aya Alaa,28,was among those who tried to help the wounded
She said: “First, we had a field hospital but that was not enough for the casualties.So we used the media centre,but that was not enough.So we pushed sheltering women from remaining mosque and used that too.”i
Outside the mosque on Saturday,thousands gathered to pray,but their prayers were broken up by ambulances driving through the crowds to carry the wounded
Leaning out of the window of his car,a man pulled up alongside the kerb to give his verdict
This is like a war. Sisi is killing people in the street who have nothing but an opinion,he said
By midday on Saturday,medical workers had begun ferrying bodies wrapped in white shrouds to hospitals,carrying them on blood-soaked stretchers past a furious throng of Morsi loyalists
Allahu akbar! [God is greatest],chanted the crowd that formed a corridor to waiting ambulances
Some wept,and women ululated as each body was taken from the makeshift morgue in a marble-floored section of the mosque
Adly Mansour,the interim president,said that his government seeks to include everyone,but it will not accept lawlessness,blocked roads and attacks on state institutions.He urged the pro-Morsi protesters to go home, promising they won’t be pursued or arrested
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[ندعوك للتسجيل في المنتدى أو التعريف بنفسك لمعاينة هذا الرابط]
By Ruth Sherlock,and Magdy Samaan in Cairo,and Harriet Alexander
BST 27 Jul 2013
A doctor in a makeshift field hospital treats a supporter of Egypt's ousted President Mohammed Morsi injured during clashes with security forces at Nasr City,Cairo,Egypt
Photo: MANU BRABO/AP
Supporters of Egypt's ousted President Mohammed Morsi carry an injured man to a field hospital following clashes with security forces at Nasr City. (AP)i
Protesters clash with riot police in Nasr City in the early hours of Saturday.(AFP)i
