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3. Morsi loyalists seize two soldiers in Cairo: official
Mon Jul 8, 2013, 05:49 AM
Jul 2013

(AFP) CAIRO — Armed supporters of ousted Islamist president Mohamed Morsi seized two soldiers in Cairo after dozens were killed on Monday in clashes outside an elite military headquarters, an army official said.

Both of the Egyptian soldiers, who were identified as Samir Abdallah Ali and Azzam Hazem Ali, were put in a vehicle and forced to make pro-Morsi and anti-army statements on a loudspeaker, said the official, cited by state news agency MENA.

One soldier had been "severely beaten up" and filmed while making the pro-Morsi statements, he added.

The report comes after an attack on Morsi supporters outside the Republican Guard headquarters in Cairo killed at least 42 people and injured hundreds, according to the emergency services.

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