Egypt unrest: 278 killed today, more than 2,000 injured
Published:Wednesday | August 14, 2013 | 4:55 PM
CAIRO (AP):
Riot police backed by armored vehicles, bulldozers and helicopters swept away two encampments of supporters of ousted President Mohammed Morsi today.
The move set off running street battles in Cairo and other Egyptian cities.
The Health Ministry said 235 civilians were killed and more than 2,000 injured, while Interior Minister Mohammed Ibrahim said 43 policemen died in the assault.
He said Morsi supporters attacked 21 police stations and seven Coptic Christian churches across the nation, and assaulted the Finance Ministry in Cairo, occupying its ground floor.
It was the highest single day death toll since the 18-day uprising that toppled autocrat Hosni Mubarak in 2011.
Clashes broke out elsewhere in the capital and other provinces as Islamist anger spread over the dispersal of the six-week-old sit-ins by Morsi's Islamist supporters that divided Egypt.
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