At least a dozen reported dead in clashes as anti-coup protesters return to streets for "Day of Rage" demonstrations.
At least a dozen people have been killed in fresh clashes in Egypt as anti-coup protesters returned to the streets to demand the end of the military-led regime, news agencies are reporting.
The Reuters news agency on Friday said eight protesters had been killed in the city of Damietta, while four were killed in clashes with security forces in the Egyptian city of Ismailia, notheast of Cairo.
The reports came as crowds filled streets across Egypt to heed the Muslim Brotherhood's call for a "Day of Rage", following the deaths of hundreds of protesters on August 14 as police cleared sit- ins opposing the military coup and removal of president Mohamed Morsi
There was also gunfire and fighting reported on Friday in the Ramses Square and October 6 bridge areas of Cairo. A protester, Ahmed Tohami, told Al Jazeera that there was "blood in the streets" as police fired at protesters around the October 6 bridge in Cairo. Tear gas and bullets were fired at marches he said, as what sounded like gunfire could be heard in the background. "Old men, young ladies, old women, under attack. The kids here on the bridge - we are under attack... there is no way down. Hundreds of thousands of us are on the bridge. They are attacking us from the front, they are attacking us from behind. We have nowhere to go," he said live on Al Jazeera. Other marches Al Jazeera's Simon McGregor Wood, reporting from Nasr City, said that there were reports that police also fired tear gas at protesters in the city of Tanta. In Alexandria, an estimated 10,000 people were participating in a so-far peaceful march, with police rallying around government buildings. The protesters are marching in the face of warnings by authorities that security forces would use deadly force if provoked. Army commanders gave warning that troops would fire at anyone who attacked government buildings. The Interior Ministry ordered its forces to use live ammunition when dealing with any attacks on security forces or building institutions, citing its legal right to defence. "In light of the Muslim Brotherhood's targeting of some police and state institutions in several cities, the law permits policemen to use measures to secure the national and stop attacks on citizens and public and private property," the ministry said on its Facebook page on Thursday. |
Source: Jazeera and agencies
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