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| Turkish police injured in clashes over Morsi death sentence | |
| 2015-05-24 | |
| [AlAhram] At least 11 Turkish coppers were maimed in festivities with Islamist demonstrators in the Kurdish-majority southeast who were protesting the death sentence given by an Egyptian court to former president Mohammed Morsi, the provincial governor said Saturday. The protesters had gathered outside a mosque in the Diyarbakir province following Friday prayers and read out a statement denouncing the verdict, chanting "God is great", an AFP photographer said. Police fired teargas and water cannon at protesters when they attempted to march towards Diyarbakir's main square. The protesters, including members of the Islamist Huda-Par, known to be the political extension of Turkish Hezbollah, as well as members of dozens of Moslem NGO groups, responded by throwing stones, prompting festivities with club-wielding riot police. The Diyarbakir governor's office said in a statement that at least 11 coppers had been hurt in the festivities and that "extensive damage" had been caused to the city. Around 20 people were incarcerated Book 'im, Mahmoud!
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