Egypt
07/2013: Military contineuly killing Muslim Brotherhood followers
even it was Ramadan month. Egypt’s new military rulers were last
night accused of being behind the worst bloodshed since Hosni Mubarak
was ousted in January 2011, as security forces and armed men killed
scores of Muslim Brotherhood supporters.
The Muslim Brotherhood said that 66 people were killed and another 61 were “brain dead” on life support machines, after a violent repression of a protest by supporters of ousted President Mohammed Morsi. The health ministry put the toll from the night's violence at 72.
“They were not shooting to wound, they were shooting to kill,” said Gehad El-Haddad, Brotherhood spokesman. “The bullet wounds are in the head and chest.”
“There were snipers on the rooftops, I could hear the bullets whizzing past me,” said Ahmed el Nashar, 34, a media consultant for the Muslim Brotherhood, choking back his tears. “Man, people were just dropping.”
Mahmoud Ibrahim, a member of the brotherhood involved in the protests, said: “They kill us and then accuse of being terrorists.”
Mr Morsi was removed by the Egypt military ruler although he was Egypt’s first democratically elected president under legal system. After the Egypt military ousted Morsi on July 3, it was turn now to be deadliest outbreak of violence turmoil in Egypt.
The Muslim Brotherhood said that 66 people were killed and another 61 were “brain dead” on life support machines, after a violent repression of a protest by supporters of ousted President Mohammed Morsi. The health ministry put the toll from the night's violence at 72.
“They were not shooting to wound, they were shooting to kill,” said Gehad El-Haddad, Brotherhood spokesman. “The bullet wounds are in the head and chest.”
“There were snipers on the rooftops, I could hear the bullets whizzing past me,” said Ahmed el Nashar, 34, a media consultant for the Muslim Brotherhood, choking back his tears. “Man, people were just dropping.”
Mahmoud Ibrahim, a member of the brotherhood involved in the protests, said: “They kill us and then accuse of being terrorists.”
Mr Morsi was removed by the Egypt military ruler although he was Egypt’s first democratically elected president under legal system. After the Egypt military ousted Morsi on July 3, it was turn now to be deadliest outbreak of violence turmoil in Egypt.
"We
urge the United Nations, the international human community ... to
come down and rescue the hundreds of thousands from the massacre by
the live ammunition in the hands of the criminals," senior
Brotherhood leader Mohammed el-Beltagi shouted from the stage at the
larger of the two Cairo sit-ins.
"We
want intervention by the international organizations ... to rescue
the people. We urge the Egyptian people to come to our rescue. ...
The people are slaughtered like sheep",'' declared el-Beltagi,
who has an arrest warrant issued against him for inciting violence.
Mohammed
Badie, the Brotherhood's supreme leader, launched a stinging attack
on el-Sissi over the latest violence, saying the military chief was
leading a "bloody regime" and urging his followers to stand
fast.
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