CAIRO: Over 30 people are reported dead, including a confirmed 27 at one Cairo morgue after what activists and observers are now calling the military's “massacre” of protesters in and around Tahrir Square. At the Zeinhom morgue, images show the dead lined on the floor. This is just one morgue, with dozens of other seriously injured demonstrators being hourly transported to local hospitals after suffering gunshot wounds. Doctors confirmed to Bikyamasr.com on Mohamed Mahmoud street – where the fiercest fighting is taking place – that the military is targeting demonstrators in the head and neck. The field hospital, one of three in the Tahrir area, was evacuated shortly after midnight in the midst of military violence, as tear gas rained down upon anyone left attempting to give assistance to the wounded, and in what activists are reporting, dozens of dying people. Many are demanding the international community intervene and denounce the Supreme Council of Armed Forces (SCAF) “crimes against humanity.” Attacking a hospital is considered such under international law. Activists in Tahrir said the army and riot police are positioning snipers on the roof of the building next to the American University in Cairo's downtown campus, who are allegedly hunting protesters from atop. They say green laser lights shining down on the protesters are the snipers. Bikyamasr.com can confirm the green lasers, but as of writing cannot confirm snipers. Medical sources still cannot confirm the number of injuries so far throughout the day, yet they say they have been receiving about two new cases every other minute. The number of wounded is likely in the thousands and as the military continues its unprecedented attacks on citizens, most expect the numbers of dead and wounded to rise throughout the night. With the death toll rising dramatically in recent hours, the violence is almost certain to pass any of the death tolls during the 18-day uprising that ousted former President Hosni Mubarak. For more stories on the violence in Egypt, please go here BM
