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Death and injury toll rises nationwide: Egypt's health ministry Conflicting reports emerge on the death and injury toll following clashes nationwide Friday; Brotherhood says over 100 killed
Egypt's health ministry announced Saturday that 29 were killed in clashes nationwide Friday. This figure is disputed by other sources. According to the health ministry, 21 were killed at the Unknown Soldier Memorial, located near Rabaa Al-Adawyia Mosque in Cairo's Nasr City district, where clashes broke out between protesters and police forces. However, the makeshift field hospital at Rabaa Al-Adawiya says that at least 129 were killed and more than 4,500 injured. Most victims in Rabaa Al-Adawiya were transported to the field hospital, leaving them unreported by health ministry hospitals. Violence erupted in the early hours of Saturday near Rabaa Al-Adawyia Mosque, when police cracked down on supporters of deposed president Mohamed Morsi seeking to block the nearby 6th October Bridge. In addition, eight people were killed in Egypt's coastal city of Alexandria. Clashes reportedly broke out there on Friday in Mahatet Al-Raml district after pro-military protesters who were marching against “terrorism” passed near a demonstration by supporters of deposed president Morsi at Al-Qaed Ibrahim Mosque. According to the health ministry, 214 others were injured in Alexandria. Meanwhile, 71 people were injured in Gharbiya governorate, 24 in Daqahliya, 24 also in Sharqiya, three in Qalyoubiya, eight in Damietta and one in Menoufiya, all located in Egypt's Nile Delta. In Qena, Upper Egypt, five were injured in similar clashes. The Muslim Brotherhood, from which Morsi hails, organised massive protests Friday to counterbalance nationwide demonstrations called for by army chief Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi, aiming to grant a popular "mandate to deal with violence and potential terrorism." Responding to El-Sisi's call, millions hit the streets across the country Friday to voice support for Egypt's army, also chanting against Morsi and the Muslim Brotherhood. After one year in office, Morsi was ousted 3 July as part of the Egyptian Armed Forces' roadmap, enforced following unprecedented nationwide mass protests against the former elected president. He has been held incommunicado since. Morsi supporters and opponents have frequently faced off since his overthrow, leaving at least 100 dead and hundreds injured in the past few weeks. Both camps have used firearms, among other weapons, against the other on several occasions. http://english.ahram.org.eg/News/77523.aspx
