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Egypt Clashes Turn Deadly As Troops Open Fire

By Dominic Waghorn, Sky News Correspondent, in Cairo

Demonstrations have continued in Egypt after at least 36 people were killed in fierce clashes between supporters and opponents of deposed president Mohamed Morsi.

Supporters of the former leader marched to the Cairo barracks of the Republican Guard chanting "down with military rule" after a Muslim Brotherhood rally at a?mosque in the city.

Shots were fired as protesters hung pictures of Mr Morsi on a barbed wire barrier around the military complex.

At least three demonstrators were shot by the military.

The violence has continued into the day as a large pro-Morsi demonstration continued in Cairo's Nasr City district.

Further afield footage showed what appeared to be a gun attack on a pro-Morsi rally in Sinai.

Anti-Morsi protesters clashed with supporters in Cairo on Friday night.
An anti-Morsi protester with evidence of gun cartridges

Overnight downtown Cairo witnessed the same street battles played out two-and-a-half years ago, this time with Morsi supporters fighting their enemies with rocks, clubs and fireworks.?

Following the violence, the country's interim president Adli Mansour held talks with General Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi?- the army chief who is also defence minister - and interior minister Mohammed Ibrahim?who is in charge of the police.

It was the first time Mr Mansour has worked from the president's main offices since he was sworn in on Thursday, after the military overthrew Mr?Morsi - the country's first democratically elected president.

A pro-Morsi crowd crossed the Sixth Of October bridge heading towards Tahrir Square, provoking a fierce confrontation.

Members of an elite Egyptian military unit guard a military building
Egyptian elite soldiers guard a military building in Cairo

The Egyptian army said troops were responding only with blank rounds and tear gas.

However, anti-Morsi youths showed Sky News what their enemies had done to them, brandishing used shotgun cartridges and pellet wounds.

"They are terrorists and we should get rid of them," they said.

"They're using automatic weapons and shotguns."

The atmosphere was febrile. Changing in a second. Turning from triumphant to panicked, as the crowd scattered thinking their attackers had returned.

"The Muslim Brotherhood is coming here beating us shooting us," said one man. "We're here, we're alone and we need someone to? help us."

Anti-Morsi protesters clashed with supporters in Cairo on Friday night.
More than 200 people have been wounded nationwide, according to officials

As if to answer him, military armoured personnel carriers appeared from the gloom.

But this isn't a conflict against foreign invaders, it's between Egyptians.

The anti-Morsi crowd screamed curses against the ousted president venting their fury, and relief then turned against us, the Sky News crew, mistaking us for Americans.

A hurried explanation gave us time to escape.

There are now two armies of protesters on the streets of Cairo - enraged and out for vengeance, determined to prevail.

Violence also erupted in cities of southern Egypt, along the Suez Canal and in the Nile Delta, with officials reporting more than 200 people injured. Four were killed in the northern Sinai city of el Arish, where Islamists stormed a government building.

Egypt's ambulance authority said 36 people had died nationwide, including 12 people in clashes in Alexandria. Most of the fatalities were from gunshot wounds.

It came after the Muslim Brotherhood and its allies called for protesters to take to the streets on the Muslim day of prayer for what it described as a "Friday of Rage".

The leader of the Brotherhood called for followers to remain peaceful but he vowed to restore power to Mr Morsi, who was ousted in a military coup earlier this week, a year after being elected to office.

Meanwhile, lawyers for ex-president Hosni Mubarak entered a not guilty plea as his retrial for alleged complicity in the killings of protesters in 2011 resumed.

The 85-year-old former leader appeared in the dock behind bars, wearing dark sunglasses and a white prison uniform.

During the televised hearing, Cairo's criminal court heard submissions by the defence before proceedings were adjourned ?until August 17.

Source: http://news.sky.com/story/1112231

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