Sunday, October 9, 2011

Live Updates: Over a dozen bodies in the morgue as Copts clash with military




Al-Masry Al-Youm

COMMENT

It looks like some forces (Israel? Remnants of the Pharaoh's regime? The "Supreme" Council??) are stirring sectarian clashes and strife and trying to capitalize on legitimate grievances of the Coptic community.

"9:40 pm: Al-Jazeera TV quotes a security source as saying death toll has risen to 22.

9:37pm: Eye-witnesses say military police and protesters clash in Tahrir Square.

9:31 pm: Interior Ministry says 19 killed, 160 injured in the clashes so far.

9:29 pm: Information Minister Osama Heikal blames “external forces” for encouraging Maspiro clashes. Heikal says the Egyptian state is seriously threatened “beyond sectarian strife.”

9:25 pm: Eyewitnesses say a group of thugs are attacking Christian protesters in Alexandria’s Sidi Gaber district....."

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