{"id":3260,"date":"2013-12-28T08:29:39","date_gmt":"2013-12-28T08:29:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost\/wp3\/?p=3260"},"modified":"2013-12-28T08:29:39","modified_gmt":"2013-12-28T08:29:39","slug":"fresh-protests-in-egypt-turn-deadly","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sunnionline.us\/english\/2013\/12\/28\/3260\/","title":{"rendered":"Fresh protests in Egypt turn deadly"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"images\/stories\/news3\/egypt-arrest.jpg\" border=\"0\" style=\"float: right; margin: 5px;\" \/>At least five people have been killed and 265 others arrested as Egyptian riot police deployed water cannon and tear gas against hundreds of rock-throwing supporters of former president Mohamed Morsi, government officials said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>  <!--more-->  <\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The clashes on Friday followed an announcement by Egyptian authorities that they would use the Muslim Brotherhood&#8217;s new designation as a terrorist organisation to levy harsh prison sentences on protesters.<\/span><br \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\">&#8220;Brotherhood actions caused the deaths of [several] citizens when they clashed with residents,&#8221; the Interior Ministry said in a statement on the violence, which gripped several cities.<\/span><br \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Authorities, meanwhile, unveiled a new tactic to contain protests called by Morsi&#8217;s Muslim Brotherhood group and its allies, calling on large families to post armed men near the likely sites of demonstrations.<\/span><br \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\">A 20-year-old protester was shot and killed in Damietta province, while another protester was killed in Menia when a tear gas canister struck him in the face. A third protester was killed in Cairo, according to the Health Ministry.<\/span><br \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Al Jazeera sources say an elderly man died from inhaling tear gas, and two police cars were set ablaze when anti-coup protesters clashed with police in Aswan. Police also fired tear gas and birdshot at protesters at al-Azhar University in Cairo&#8217;s northern district of Nasr City.<\/span><br \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The protests at al-Azhar were fuelled by the death of a student at the historic seat of Sunni Muslim learning late on Thursday, as protesters defied a law issued by the government on Wednesday labelling the Muslim Brotherhood a terrorist group.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Vow to continue<\/strong><\/span><br \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The Interior Ministry said 15 policemen were injured in nationwide clashes with anti-coup protesters after being shot with live ammunition or birdshot.<\/span><br \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Police and protesters also clashed in the Suez Canal city of Ismailia, where gunfire was heard, and in Damietta, in the Nile Delta, after Friday prayers.<\/span><br \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The Muslim Brotherhood has vowed to keep up their protests, despite the arrests.<\/span><br \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\">&#8220;Let&#8217;s begin with full force and peacefulness a new wave of majestic anti-coup action,&#8221; the Brotherhood-led Anti-Coup Alliance said in a statement on Friday.<\/span><br \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\">More than 20 Muslim Brotherhood supporters were also arrested on Thursday on accusations of belonging to and passing out leaflets in support of the movement, according to Egypt&#8217;s state media agency, MENA.<\/span><br \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Anyone accused of taking part in pro-Muslim Brotherhood rallies, possessing the group&#8217;s literature, or supporting the group &#8220;verbally or in writing&#8221; could be sentenced to five years in prison, the Interior Ministry said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Deadly blast<\/strong><\/span><br \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\">A months-long clampdown against the Islamist group, which has won every vote since the 2011 uprising toppling former President Hosni Mubarak, was upped after a Tuesday blast in the Nile Delta city of Mansoura ripped through a police station and killed 14 people.<\/span><br \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Al Jazeera&#8217;s Peter Greste says the government is also appealing to the public for support to fight what it sees is a threat to national security. It has created a hotline and asked people to report anyone suspected of conributing to the Muslim Brotherhood&#8217;s activities.<\/span><br \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\">&#8220;This, of course, risks deepening a wedge in the country already split by division,&#8221; Al Jazeera&#8217;s Greste said.<\/span><br \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Egyptian army chief General Abdel Fattah el-Sisi, who led the July 3 military coup following mass protests against Morsi, vowed to wipe off earth &#8220;those who hurt Egyptians&#8221;.<\/span><br \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\">His pledges were renewed after another bomb on Thursday injured five people near al-Azhar.<\/span><br \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\">&#8220;Egypt will stand firmly in confronting terrorism and the people will never be afraid as long as the army is present,&#8221; he said during an army graduation ceremony on Thursday in Cairo.<\/span><br \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The Muslim Brotherhood was blamed for Tuesday&#8217;s attack, although an al-Qaeda-inspired group known as Ansar Bayt al-Makdis claimed responsibility.<\/span><br \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\">No party has claimed responsibility for Thursday&#8217;s bomb.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Source: <em><strong>Al Jazeera<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At least five people have been killed and 265 others arrested as Egyptian riot police deployed water cannon and tear gas against hundreds of rock-throwing supporters of former president Mohamed Morsi, government officials said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3260","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - 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