Egypt protesters and police clash
Egyptian
security forces killed at least 30 people on Wednesday clearing a camp
of Cairo protesters who were demanding the reinstatement of deposed
President Mohamed Morsi, Muslim Brotherhood movement said.
The move, around 7 a.m., came after
international efforts failed to mediate an end to a six-week political
standoff between Morsi’s supporters and the army-backed government which
took power after his ouster on July 3.
With the Brotherhood calling on its
supporters to take to the streets, the violence risked further
destabilising a pivotal Arab nation and endangering hopes for democratic
government.
There was no official confirmation of
the deaths at Rabaa al-Adawiya, in northeast Cairo where thousands of
Morsi supporters awoke to police helicopters circling the site.
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