Egyptian security forces stormed the mortuary
A man sprays air fresheners over bodies in the Egyptian El Eyman Mosque in Cairo was stormed by Egyptian security forces on Wednesday. A witness from Reuters spoke 228 corpses, most of them wrapped in white sheets along the rows on the floor of the mosque.
Photo: AMR ABDALLAH DALSH / Reuters
Egyptian security forces stormed on Thursday night Iman Mosque in Cairo, which was used as a morgue for protesters killed.
They surrounded the mosque and fired tear gas on those who stayed outside. Now they have taken in, as we left the mosque, says a health worker.
The Muslim Brotherhood also confirms the storming of the Iman Mosque in Makram Ebeid district. TV station CBS shows images of riot police carrying out bodies from the building.
FACTS ABOUT THE LATEST DEVELOPMENTS IN EGYPT
3 July: The Army allocates President Mohamed Mursi and appoints the head of the Constitutional Court, Adli Mansour, the interim president. Mursi put under arrest.
5 July: Over 30 killed and over 1,000 wounded in street battles between Mursis supporters and opponents in Cairo and other cities.
8 July: Over 50 Mursi supporters are killed in clashes with soldiers during a demonstration in Cairo. The Muslim Brotherhood, which Mursi has a background, encourages rebellion.
6 July: A new government with 35 ministers, none of them Islamists, taken under oath.
26th July: Mohamed Mursi detained in custody on suspicion of conspiracy with Hamas on a prison attack in 2011.
27th July: At least 72 supporters of the Mursi is killed during a protest in Cairo.
7 August: Interim President Mansour says foreign diplomats have failed in trying to mediate in the conflict.
12th August: Varetektsfengslingen of Mursi extended by 15 days.
14th August: The police take action against Mursi supporters two protest camps in Cairo.
(Sources: Reuters, AFP) (NTB)
- 200 equal borne out
According to health worker Ibrahim, who stayed in the mosque when security forces struck, it was earlier Thursday carried out over 200 bodies from the mosque.
- But it was left 43 similar to that we were not able to identify, he said.
After the coup in which the Egyptian authorities stepped in and ousted President Mohamed Morsi, supporters and opponents of Morsi demonstrated. There have also been clashes between the army and Morsi supporters with several fatalities.
The police went into Wednesday to clear the protesters from a demo straight tion camp in eastern Cairo by Raba al-Adawiya.
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