11 Egyptians killed by assailants during protest in Cairo
May 3rd, 2012 - 5:42 pm ICT by BNO NewsCAIRO, EGYPT (BNO NEWS) — At least eleven people were killed on Wednesday after sit-in supporters of former Salafist presidential candidate Hazem Salah Abu-Ismail were attacked outside Egypt’s Defense Ministry, officials said on Thursday.
The sit-in protesters were camped outside the Defense Ministry in the Abbasiya area of Cairo when a group of civilian-clothed men attacked the protesters on early Wednesday morning. According to witnesses, the demonstrators were attacked with cement-based bombs, Molotov cocktails, gunfire, tear gas and stones.
Officials at Egypt’s Interior Ministry confirmed at least 11 people had been killed while 49 others were injured, but unconfirmed reports indicated that the death toll later increased to 20 with more than 60 injured.
The sit-in protest had reached its fourth day after supporters were angered by the disqualification of Abu-Ismail from the presidential race, according to Ahram Online. On Saturday, the protesters had also been attacked in which at least one protester was killed and several others wounded.
A group of medical doctors, the Tahrir Doctors, were the only ones to receive the victims at the Al-Shefa hospital. A number of other nearby hospitals such as Demerdash, Ain Shams and Al-Hussein were shut down. The Tahrir Doctors condemned the situation in a statement.
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