Security forces kill 34 pro-Morsi protesters in Egyptian capital: Health Ministry<\/p>\n
Supporters of ousted Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi and Muslim Brotherhood members gather during a demonstration at Raba al-Adwyia Mosque in Nasr City, Cairo, on July 7, 2013.<\/p>\n
At least 34 supporters of Egypt\u00e2\u201e\u00a2s ousted President Mohamed Morsi have been killed by the security forces during protests in the capital, Cairo, the country’s Health Ministry says.\n<\/p>\n
Egypt\u00e2\u201e\u00a2s Muslim Brotherhood has also confirmed that its supporters were killed on Monday when the army attacked a sit-in outside the Republican Guard barracks.\n<\/p>\n
Muslim Brotherhood said that snipers targeted protesters attending the sit-in.\n<\/p>\n
Dozens of people were wounded and taken to nearby hospitals.\n<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, Egypt\u00e2\u201e\u00a2s Freedom and Justice Party (FJP) estimates that more than 50 people were killed in violence.\n<\/p>\n
Witnesses say Egyptian troops used live ammunition to disperse the protesters in Nasr City District, eastern Cairo.\n<\/p>\n
The Strong Egypt Party has condemned the killings, saying General Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, the head of Egypt\u00e2\u201e\u00a2s army, is responsible for the deadly incident.\n<\/p>\n
The Egyptian military, however, put the death toll at 16 and said that one officer was killed and 40 wounded after the military compound was attacked by a \u00c5\u201cterrorist group.\u201d\n<\/p>\n
According to Egypt\u00e2\u201e\u00a2s television, protesters are continuing with the sit-in outside the Republican Guard building despite the attack.\n<\/p>\n
Supporters and opponents of Mohamed Morsi remain on the streets as tensions continue to rise across the country.\n<\/p>\n
On Sunday, Morsi\u00e2\u201e\u00a2s supporters held demonstrations on Rabia al-Adawiya Square and Al-Nahda Square close to Cairo University, demanding his return to power.\n<\/p>\n
They also erected barricades and set up checkpoints across Cairo, blocking the main road leading to Cairo International Airport.\n<\/p>\n
Anti-Morsi demonstrators gathered in Cairo\u00e2\u201e\u00a2s iconic Liberation Square and around the presidential palace.\n<\/p>\n
Opponents of the ousted president also took to the streets in Alexandria on the coast of the Mediterranean Sea and in other major cities across the country.\n<\/p>\n
On July 3, General Sisi announced that President Morsi was no longer in office.\n<\/p>\n
The chief justice of Egypt\u00e2\u201e\u00a2s Supreme Constitutional Court, Adli Mansour, was sworn in as interim president of Egypt on July 4.\n<\/p>\n
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