Clashes in Cairo between Morsi Supporters, Opponents

by Naharnet Newsdesk 26 July 2013, 15:19

Clashes broke out between supporters and opponents of ousted president Mohammed Morsi in the Cairo neighborhood of Shubra on Friday, witnesses told Agence France Presse.

The clashes erupted early in the afternoon, the witnesses said. Live footage on satellite station ONTV showed crowds throwing rocks at each other in the neighborhood.

Morsi's supporters and backers of the military that overthrew him on July 3 are both staging rival rallies across Egypt.

Witnesses said the clashes in Cairo began after Morsi's opponents, who rallied at the behest of the military, burned posters of the ousted Islamist leader.

Source: Agence France Presse

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