At least 80 people are dead and hundreds injured in Cairo after security forces attacked supporters of ousted President Morsi

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At least 80 people are dead and hundreds injured in Cairo after security forces attacked supporters of ousted President Morsi

Interior Minister denies police 'Brotherhoodization'

Sat, 23/02/2013 - 17:52

Hundreds of low-ranking police officers protest outside headquarters of Alexandria Security Directory, 12 February 2013. Low-ranking police personnel in 10 governorates are staging a sit-in and shutting down security departments to express their rejection of new legislation organizing demonstrations.

Hundreds of low-ranking police officers protest outside headquarters of Alexandria Security Directory, 12 February 2013. Low-ranking police personnel in 10 governorates are staging a sit-in and shutting down security departments to express their rejection of new legislation organizing demonstrations.

Tarek Alfaramawy

Egypt Independent

Interior Minister Mohamed Ibrahim has denied that a "Brotherhoodization" of the police is underway, and has also said that representatives of the Muslim Brotherhood Guidance Bureau do not attend meetings of the police's supreme council.
Ibrahim added that such meetings are "known to all, and not a secret."
In an interview with state-run newspaper Al-Akhbar Saturday, Ibrahim also said that the situation in Port Said was "serious," and said that it escalated until relatives of the defendants and protesters were sitting-in at the prison to prevent them from being moved to Cairo.
According to Ibrahim, it would have been impossible to deport the rest of the defendants to the court in Cairo before the verdict, claiming that such a move would have caused "violent conflict and casualties."
The interior minister also said that the storming of the prison immediately after the verdict had been issued created a difficult situation for security forces.
“It was like a flood as they rushed toward the prison," he said, claiming that "in addition to those who infiltrated in the crowd, [people] stood on the roofs of buildings surrounding the prison and fired gunshots that injured and killed everyone, both the police and the people."
“[Some] intended to storm the prison to help out some high-risk criminals who were arrested during a [police] campaign at Lake Manzala,” Ibrahim added.

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At least 80 dead, over 700 injured in Egypt clashes - Health Ministry

Opponents of deposed Egyptian President Mohamed Mursi throw stones at his supporters during clashes in Nasr city area, east of Cairo July 27, 2013. (Reuters/Asmaa Waguih)

Published time: July 27, 2013 04:25
Edited time: July 27, 2013 23:38

At least 80 people are dead and hundreds injured in Cairo after security forces attacked supporters of ousted President Morsi, Reuters reports quoting Egypt's Health Ministry. The death toll in Egypt's second-largest city Alexandria has risen to 10.
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The Muslim Brotherhood puts the death toll at over 120 with over 4,000 injured across the country.

The body of a Muslim Brotherhood protester, shot dead in the Egyptian capital after violence erupted the night before, is evacuated as mourners watch in Cairo on July 27, 2013. (AFP Photo)

The casualties were taking part in a pro-Morsi rally when they were attacked by members of the security forces, the Brotherhood alleges. They used tear gas to disperse the activists, the Egyptian Interior Ministry has confirmed.
"They are not shooting to wound, they are shooting to kill," Muslim Brotherhood spokesman Gehad El-Haddad said to Reuters, adding that demonstrators had been hit by gunshot in the head and chest.

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