Egyptian security forces fire teargas at Islamist protesters

Started by YahooNews, Oct 20, 2013, 09:31 PM

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By Michael Georgy CAIRO (Reuters) - Egyptian security forces fired bird shot and teargas to prevent supporters of deposed Islamist President Mohamed Mursi from marching on Sunday to the site of a protest camp that was destroyed two months ago, a Reuters witness said. The crowd of about 100 people were students from Al-Azhar University, the historic seat of Sunni Muslim learning. They threw rocks at riot police stationed outside the gates of the university, and police threw the stones back. ...



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