Egypt Clashes Leave At Least 44 Dead
By: Hamza Hendawi
The Huffington Post
On Sunday of last week, clashes erupted in Egypt between supporters of the recently ousted president, and security forces, leaving forty four people dead. Supporters of the military and backers of the Islam Mohammad Morso, being rivals, all poured into the streets of Egypt, to celebrate the holiday a major marked holiday. The capital Cairo saw many scenes of mayhem and destruction, with streets containing fights that went on for hours, and carried into neighborhoods. Police forces answered with heavy suppression, involving teargas, batons, and gunshots. This in turn caused citizens to throw firebombs at the security forces, only making their situation worse, as people fell dead. Most dead bodies had gunshot wounds on the chest and or head. The health ministry reported over forty people dead, along with several hundred wounded. In Cairo's Central Tahrir Square however, there were carnivals where supporters of the military gathered and enjoyed the fortieth anniversary of the 1973 mid east war with Israel, which is one of the reasons why rival mobs appeared on the streets, leading to fighting, clashes, deaths, and many wounded people. Things like this are happening more and more everyday, and the results only turn up with more deaths and wounded. Many are wondering when the fighting will stop, and seeing the way everything is going now, unless the citizens of Egypt are able to stop the fighting themselves, then the fighting will continue until it meets a devastating end.
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