In street battles between Muslim brothers, their opponents and security forces more than 50 people have died in Egypt. Hundreds were injured when the 40th Anniversary of the outbreak of the Yom Kippur war, the violence escalated.
A new outbreak of violence rocked Egypt : Clashes of Islamists , their opponents and security forces on Sunday killed at least 51 people . The state news agency reported , citing the Ministry of Health. More than 240 people were injured.
Supporters of the ousted president Mohamed Morsi of the Islamist Muslim Brotherhood and supporters of the army, the Mursi had plunged in the summer , had called for rallies. The occasion was the 40th Anniversary of the Yom Kippur War with Israel.
Several quarters in Cairo resembled combat zones . The street fighting lasted for hours . Mursi’s supporters threw firebombs at police , among other things , they replied with gunfire and tear gas. In many streets were rubble .
In Cairo alone, 24 people were killed, more in the near Giza 15th On the central Tahrir square of the capital thousands supporters of the army had gathered for the celebrations . Originally there had planned a mass rally Islamists. Security forces stood between the political camps .
Around the square are supporters of the Muslim Brotherhood and security forces subsequently handed fighting for hours. The police, according to state media established more than 400 supporters of the Muslim Brotherhood. The Interior Ministry accused them, among other things rampage. The Muslim Brotherhood called on its website for an international investigation into the events.
The military had Mursi on 3 July discontinued after mass protests. Hundreds of Muslim Brotherhood were arrested. The Islamist organization is now banned.
In Egypt it had come on Saturday to violence: during a gun battle between soldiers and insurgents by Mena details four people were shot. Gunmen had attacked an army post, according to the message on a link road between Cairo and the Suez Canal city of Ismailia. The attackers were killed, found in their vehicle assault rifles.
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