Egyptian soldiers and people sift through debris spread out by the Rabaah al-Adawiya mosque (AP)
16 August 2013
Four protesters were killed in the Egyptian city of Ismailia on Friday in clashes with security forces, medical sources said.
The deaths took place during a "Day of Rage" called by the Muslim Brotherhood to protest against the worst security crackdown against the group in its history.
The army deployed dozens of armoured vehicles on major roads in Cairo, and the Interior Ministry has said police will use live ammunition against anyone threatening state installations.
Medical sources said four protesters died in clashes in the northeastern city of Ismailia, with eight dead reported in the Mediterranean port of Damietta.
Violence was also reported in Egypt's second city Alexandria and in the Nile Delta city of Tanta. Scuffles broke out in Cairo and a police conscript was killed in a drive-by shooting in the north of the capital, state news agency MENA reported.
Deeply polarised after months of political turmoil, Egypt stands on the abyss of nationwide chaos with Islamist supporters refusing to accept the July 3 toppling of Mursi following mammoth rallies castigating his trouble-plagued, year-long rule.
They have demanded the resignation of army commander General Abdel Fattah al-Sisi and the reinstatement of Egypt's first freely elected president, who is in detention and has not been seen in public since his downfall.
Reuters
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