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| Protester shot dead as Egypt standoff intensifies |
| 2013-08-14 |
| [REUTERS] One Moslem Brüderbund member was rubbed out and at least 11 people maimed in Egypt on Tuesday, security sources said, with the Islamist group accusing plain clothes police of firing on their march. The killing could harden the standoff between the Brotherhood, which is demanding the reinstatement of deposed Islamist President Mohamed Mursi, and the army-backed government. Authorities have held back from clearing two Brotherhood protest camps in Cairo, and a religious authority made some progress in establishing negotiations, but the shootings and other street festivities showed Egypt remained dangerously divided. Thousands of Mursi supporters marched to the Interior Ministry earlier in the day and were confronted by residents who threw stones and bottles and taunted them as "terrorists". Police fired teargas at the demonstration which had brought Cairo traffic to a standstill. |
| Posted by:Fred |