At least 100 supporters of ousted Egyptian president Mohammed Morsi have been killed after deadly night of violence in Cairo. More than 1,000 protestors were also injured in the clashes with security forces in the east of the Egyptian capital.
Tensions flared near the Rabaah al-Adawiyah Mosque in one of the deadliest bouts of violence in Egypt’s turmoil following the Arab Spring uprising of 2011.
It followed a day of massive pro-military rallies backing a tough hand against Morsi’s backers and the Muslim Brotherhood group. Millions took to the streets answering a call from the head of the army, who said he wanted a mandate to stop ‘potential terrorism’ by Morsi supporters.
‘The army is here to protect the people. They don’t lie,’ said Ezzat Fahmi, a 38-year-old in the crowd.
He said the army had called the rallies ‘so the entire world can see that the Egyptian people don’t want the Brotherhood anymore’.
It comes almost three weeks after more than 50 people, mostly demonstrators, died in a similar outbreak of violence outside a military installation near the same sit-in.
A doctor at the scene said the number of casualties is likely to rise, with the Muslim Brotherhood claiming armed forces were ‘shooting to kill’.
Earlier, prosecutors opened an investigation against Morsi on charges including murder and conspiracy with the Palestinian militant group Hamas.
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