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Saturday, October 13, 2012

At least 200 injured in Tahrir Square between starters and critics of the Muslim Brotherhood

At least 200 people were injured Friday, mostly by stones in clashes between supporters and opponents of Egyptian President , Mohamed Mursi , in Tahrir Square, in downtown Cairo, medical sources said. The sources said that although most victims suffer concussions, there are wounded by buckshot. Clashes occur among hundreds of supporters of the Muslim Brotherhood , a group to which he belonged Mursi before becoming president, and opposition to the president and this organization, which they accuse of moving the strings of power in Egypt. This Friday, had convened two protests in the square: one organized by a score of liberal and revolutionary groups to hold accountable Mursi, the hundred days of his term , and demand that the new constitution will represent all Egyptians. The other was called by the Muslim Brotherhood to reject the judgment of the trial of several officials of the former regime of Hosni Mubarak, who were acquitted for two days after the death of protesters in the so-called "battle of the camel" , during the Egyptian revolution. A witness said the fighting erupted when a young man came to a stage set up in Tahrir to mark the day of protests shouted "down the power of spiritual guidance," referring to the leader of the Brotherhood, Mohamed Badia. At that time, the Muslim Brotherhood youths attacked the podium, while chanting the slogan " behind Mursi are brave men , "the source said. Clashes have intensified in the evening in the square, where there is no deployment of security forces .The president of the Freedom and Justice Party (JLP), Esam Al Arian, the Muslim Brotherhood, called on the youth of his group to leave Tahrir Square and the demonstration moved to the headquarters of the High Court of Justice, in a message on Twitter, To do this, asked participants of your organization in the protest in Tahrir to concentrate near the Egyptian Museum, in one side of the square, to carry out a march to the Supreme Court. A similar appeal was made before the movement "April 6 Youth". The Islamist group Muslim Brotherhood condemned the clashes in a statement on its website. He urged "everyone to use reason and bring the interest of the country to anything else ", while highlighting the importance of all parties are respected.

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