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8. Egypt's military tighten security around Cairo, Giza

Mon Jul 8, 2013, 07:56 AM

Jul 2013

Egypt's armed forces deployed security cordons on Monday on all main roads into Cairo and Giza.

According to Ahram Arabic news website, traffic has been partially halted in some of those streets by the interior ministry, in an attempt to tighten security and find the culprits behind what they described as an attempt to raid the Cairo headquarters of the Republican Guards at dawn on Monday.

At least 42 people were killed and 300 injured in violent clashes on Monday morning between supporters of deposed president Mohamed Morsi and the army.

Morsi’s Muslim Brotherhood claimed that a peaceful pro-Morsi sit-in was attacked by the military during dawn prayers, while the military stated that an “armed terrorist group” had attacked the Republic Guard headquarters, leading to the deaths.

http://english.ahram.org.eg/News/76008.aspx

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