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Crackdown on Egyptian protestors continues

Reuters Published August 15, 2013
Protestors are pictured during clashes with riot police and army personnel.
Protestors are pictured during clashes with riot police and army personnel.
Protestors take cover during clashes with riot police and the army.
Protestors take cover during clashes with riot police and the army.
A poster of Morsi burns as riot police clear the protestors camp.
A poster of Morsi burns as riot police clear the protestors camp.
Protestors throw stones at riot police and army personnel during clashes.
Protestors throw stones at riot police and army personnel during clashes.
Riot police open fire at protestors around Cairo University and Nahdet Misr Square, where they are camping in Giza, south of Cairo.
Riot police open fire at protestors around Cairo University and Nahdet Misr Square, where they are camping in Giza, south of Cairo.
A soldier removes debris from a cleared protest camp outside the burnt Rabaa Adawiya mosque.
A soldier removes debris from a cleared protest camp outside the burnt Rabaa Adawiya mosque.
Riot police clear the area of protestors.
Riot police clear the area of protestors.
Members of the Muslim Brotherhood and supporters of ousted Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi flee from tear gas and rubber bullets fired by riot police on a bridge leading to Rabba el Adwia Square.
Members of the Muslim Brotherhood and supporters of ousted Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi flee from tear gas and rubber bullets fired by riot police on a bridge leading to Rabba el Adwia Square.
Protestors flee from tear gas and rubber bullets fired by riot police during clashes.
Protestors flee from tear gas and rubber bullets fired by riot police during clashes.
Members of the military police stand outside the burnt Rabaa Adawiya mosque, the morning after the clearing of a protest.
Members of the military police stand outside the burnt Rabaa Adawiya mosque, the morning after the clearing of a protest.
Riot police and army soldiers protect themselves as protestors throw stones.
Riot police and army soldiers protect themselves as protestors throw stones.
People walk inside the burnt Rabaa Adawiya mosque, the morning after the clearing of a protest which was held around the mosque.
People walk inside the burnt Rabaa Adawiya mosque, the morning after the clearing of a protest which was held around the mosque.
People carry debris from a campsite outside the burnt annex building of Rabaa Adawiya mosque after the clearing of a protest which was held around the mosque.
People carry debris from a campsite outside the burnt annex building of Rabaa Adawiya mosque after the clearing of a protest which was held around the mosque.
A riot police officer carries a youth during clashes between protestors and security forces near Rabba el Adwia Square in Cairo.
A riot police officer carries a youth during clashes between protestors and security forces near Rabba el Adwia Square in Cairo.
A poster of deposed Egyptian President Mohamed Mursi lies burning on the ground as riot police clear the area of protestors.
A poster of deposed Egyptian President Mohamed Mursi lies burning on the ground as riot police clear the area of protestors.

An estimated 421 people have been killed in Cairo over the past three days. Egyptian security forces, as well as local residents, clashed with members of the Muslim Brotherhood along with supporters of deposed Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi.

Clashes broke out in central Cairo on Tuesday when President Morsi’s supporters came under attack as they marched to the Interior Ministry. Supporters of the new military-installed government hurled stones at the marchers and threw bottles at them from balconies. Police then fired tear gas at the pro-Morsi protesters.

A few thousand pro-Morsi protesters were taking part in the march when trouble erupted, who in turn responded by hurling stones back at their assailants.The security crackdown on the Islamist movement has left the most populous Arab nation polarised and in turmoil.— Text by Reuters.

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