Egypt unrest: Morsi supporters shot dead in Cairo

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9. At least 51 killed in Egypt clashes

Protesters say security forces fired on them; the army claims people stormed a military building


(Photo: Hassan Ammar, AP)
STORY HIGHLIGHTS
Reports also indicate at least 300 wounded
Morsi's opponents and supporters are holding rallies
Conflicting accounts of dawn shooting
CAIRO — At least 51 people were killed and more than 300 injured when Egyptian soldiers and police clashed with Islamists early Monday at a sit-in by supporters of former Egyptian president Mohammed Morsi, raising the specter of civil war.

Interim leader Adly Mansour issued a statement on Monday expressing "deep sorrow" over the deaths and calling for self-restraint in the interest of the nation.

Significantly, the statement from his office echoed the military's version of events, noting that the killings followed an attempt to storm the Republican Guard's headquarters.

Mansour, who was named to the interim post by the Egyptian military after Morsi's ouster, said in the statement read on national TV, that he had ordered an investigation into the deaths.

More: http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2013/07/08/egypt-morsi-muslim-brotherhood/2497755/