Clashes toll reaches 15
25 July 2013 11:26 PM GMT
The toll in the clashes between supporters and opponents of ousted president Mohamed Morsi in different parts of Egypt rose to 15 on Wednesday with 114 people injured. A police officer was killed and 24 people, mostly security personnel, suffered injuries in an overnight blast targeting the security department headquarters in Mansoura city.
In Cairo’s Nasr City, where pro-Morsi people are staging sit-in for over three weeks, two more people were killed in early morning clashes. Nine people were killed and 33 injured in clashes that erupted early Tuesday between pro-and anti-Morsi Egyptians in the vicinity of Cairo University, the health ministry said. On Monday, three people were killed and 44 others injured in Tahrir Square and Qalioubeya’s Qalioub city as protestors from both sides exchanged rocks and birdshots.
In Cairo’s Nasr City, where pro-Morsi people are staging sit-in for over three weeks, two more people were killed in early morning clashes. Nine people were killed and 33 injured in clashes that erupted early Tuesday between pro-and anti-Morsi Egyptians in the vicinity of Cairo University, the health ministry said. On Monday, three people were killed and 44 others injured in Tahrir Square and Qalioubeya’s Qalioub city as protestors from both sides exchanged rocks and birdshots.
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