Scuffles and gunshots rang out in Ramses Square on Saturday as police arrested Muslim Brotherhood members at the al Fatah mosque in central Cairo. Police stormed the mosque after claiming that protesters inside were firing at them from the mosque’s minaret. They had been hiding out at the mosque since Friday’s “Day of Anger.”
VICE videographer Wail Gzoly, who has been embedded in the middle of the fighting in Cairo, sent us this video.
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On Sunday, four hours after the scheduled sit-in, pro-Morsi protesters were nowhere in sight. On Facebook and Twitter, Muslim Brotherhood leaders cancelled all events scheduled, citing security reasons.
UPDATE:
Numerous outlets are reporting that 36 pro-Morsi protesters apprehended at al Fatah mosque later died after trying to stage an escape, according to security forces. No police were injured. According to the Anti-Coup Alliance, 38 detainees were “assassinated in their truck with live ammunition and tear gas fired from windows.”
Photos by Wail Gzoly.
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