Egypt Protesters Vow To Defy Army As Bloodbath Death Toll Reaches 638
There are fears of a bloody backlash in Egypt after the mass killing of demonstrators – as tearful families scoured rows of bodies for loved...
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There are fears of a bloody backlash in Egypt after the mass killing of demonstrators – as tearful families scoured rows of bodies for loved ones.
Hundreds marched a day after the bloodbath chanting: “We will come back again for the sake of our martyrs.”
Thousands are feared to have died in protest camps when security forces crushed Muslim Brotherhood supporters of deposed president Mohammed Morsi in the streets of Cairo.
With the official toll at 638, hospitals and morgues were full and only those who reached doctors were included in the government death figures.
The Brotherhood claim 3,000 were killed and spokesman Gehad El-Haddad said the millions-strong Islamist movement was angry “beyond control”.
He said: “After the blows and arrests and killings that we are facing, emotions are too high to be guided by anyone.
"It’s not about Morsi any more. Are we going to accept a new military tyranny in Egypt or not?”
Among the dead was British cameraman Mick Deane, 61, who was gunned down by a sniper as he tried to film the brutal scenes for Sky News.
More violence broke out today as hundreds of Morsi men broke into a government building on the outskirts of Cairo and torched it.
In Alexandria, Egypt’s second largest city, police tried to break up two sit-ins by Morsi supporters, while in Zagazig, Morsi’s home town, protesters were tear-gassed.
The Brotherhood is determined to resist the government brought into power by the army after President Morsi – elected in 2012 – was overthrown and imprisoned on July 3.
Tens of thousands had protested for days calling for Morsi to resign after he had failed to tackle the country’s economic problems.
An eerie calm fell across much of Cairo this morning as more than 4,000 injured sought treatment – and the war of words over who was to blame broke out.
The camp outside the Rabaa al-Adawiya mosque – where tens of thousands of protesters had lived – was littered with burnt-out cars, tents and belongings left behind when the shooting began.
Bulldozers swept away the shanty towns, tipping charred remains into huge skips.
Thousands are feared to have died in protest camps when security forces crushed Muslim Brotherhood supporters of deposed president Mohammed Morsi in the streets of Cairo.
With the official toll at 638, hospitals and morgues were full and only those who reached doctors were included in the government death figures.
The Brotherhood claim 3,000 were killed and spokesman Gehad El-Haddad said the millions-strong Islamist movement was angry “beyond control”.
He said: “After the blows and arrests and killings that we are facing, emotions are too high to be guided by anyone.
"It’s not about Morsi any more. Are we going to accept a new military tyranny in Egypt or not?”
Among the dead was British cameraman Mick Deane, 61, who was gunned down by a sniper as he tried to film the brutal scenes for Sky News.
More violence broke out today as hundreds of Morsi men broke into a government building on the outskirts of Cairo and torched it.
In Alexandria, Egypt’s second largest city, police tried to break up two sit-ins by Morsi supporters, while in Zagazig, Morsi’s home town, protesters were tear-gassed.
The Brotherhood is determined to resist the government brought into power by the army after President Morsi – elected in 2012 – was overthrown and imprisoned on July 3.
Tens of thousands had protested for days calling for Morsi to resign after he had failed to tackle the country’s economic problems.
An eerie calm fell across much of Cairo this morning as more than 4,000 injured sought treatment – and the war of words over who was to blame broke out.
The camp outside the Rabaa al-Adawiya mosque – where tens of thousands of protesters had lived – was littered with burnt-out cars, tents and belongings left behind when the shooting began.
Bulldozers swept away the shanty towns, tipping charred remains into huge skips.
