10 pro-Morsi protesters killed at Cairo sit-in: Field hospital

Makeshift field hospital of pro-Morsi sit-in at Rabaa Al-Adawyia Mosque says 10 killed and 500 injured at hands of police while preventing attempt to block bridge

At least ten supporters of deposed president Mohamed Morsi were killed at the hands of security forces in the early hours of Saturday, said Omar Amer, a doctor at the makeshift field hospital of the pro-Morsi sit-in staged in streets surrounding Rabaa Al-Adawyia Mosque,Cairo's Nasr City.
Some 500 have also been injured as violence erupted near the Unknown Soldier Memorial, located nearly one km away from Rabaa Al-Adawyia, according to Amer.
Speaking to Al-Jazeera Mubashir Misr, Amer said the makeshift hospital is in dire need of doctors, medications and medical equipment. Official death and injury tolls have yet to be released.
State news agency MENA reported that police forces led a crackdown on pro-Morsi protesters for seeking to block the nearby Six of October Bridge.
The Qatari-owned channel showed a footage of several people covered in blood as they were transferred to the field hospital amid a cloud of what seemed to be teargas. sound of sirens and gunshots were clearly heard in the background.
Karim, a 27-year-old Muslim Brotherhood member who was at scene, told Ahram Online he had witnessed police forces using both teargas and live ammunition against protesters.
Meanwhile, spokesperson of the Muslim Brotherhood Gehad El-Hadad claimed via his twitter account that "army snipers [were] spotted on rooftops of several buildings in the area."
Protesters of the sit-in are usually situated around Rabaa Al-Adawyia Mosque. However, numbers have unprecedentedly increased on Friday to reach the Unknown Soldier Memorial.
The Muslim Brotherhood, from which Morsi hails, called for massive demonstrations to counterbalance nationwide mass protests called for by army chief Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi to be granted what he described as a popular “mandate” to “deal with violence and potential terrorism.”
Responding to the calls, millions hit the streets across the country to voice support of El-Sisi and Egypt's army on Firday.
Violence in Nasr City district broke out few hours following a statement by interior minister Mohamed Ibrahim asserting that pro-Morsi sit-ins will be "dispersed by law."
Pro-Morsi protesters have been staging a sit-in near Rabaa Al-Adawyia Mosque and another at Giza's Al-Nahda Square in front of Cairo University for weeks. They have been also staging marches across Egypt to demand the reinstatement of Morsi as president.
Many of Morsi's supporters and opponents frequently faced off, leading to at least 100 dead and hundreds injured in the past few weeks. The latest of these confrontations occurred Friday in Alexandria, leading to the death of at least seven protesters.
Both camps used against each other firearms, among other weapons, on many occasions.
Morsi was ousted on 3 July as part of the Egyptian armed forces' roadmap, which was enforced shortly after nationwide mass protests against the former elected president.
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