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The army-backed interim government imposed a month-long nationwide state of emergency and curfews in Cairo and 13 other provinces. |
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87 demonstrators were killed during the security operation to clear out the Muslim Brotherhood's sit-ins at Cairo's Nahda Square. Witnesses described how police fired at unarmed protesters both deliberately and indiscriminately, using teargas, birdshot and live ammunition. |
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A Coptic man was shot dead inside his house in a village in Minya. |
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At a church in Assiut the Pastor of the Adventist Church and his wife were kidnapped. |
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At least 817 people were killed during the security operation to clear out the Muslim Brotherhood's sit-ins at Cairo's Rabaa al-Adaweya according to HRW. Armored personnel carriers (APCs), bulldozers, ground forces, and snipers, police and army personnel attacked the makeshift protest encampment. Security forces opened fire on unarmed protesters using live ammunition, with hundreds killed by live bullets to their heads, necks, and chests. Snipers and gunmen fired into large crowds of protesters.Security forces detained over 800 protesters in the break up of the Rabaa square protest encampment. They beat, tortured and in some cases summarily executed protesters. Death toll stood at 817 |
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Three journalists, including a cameraman for British broadcaster Sky News and a Dubai-based newspaper reporter, were killed and several were injured in theviolencethat erupted inEgypt |
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A police officer was killed in the central city of Assuit. |
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Two police recruits were shot dead near Wady Bridge in Arish, and another three were seriously injured. On the same day, unidentified assailants opened fire on a police station in North Sinai's Arish. A 21-year-old policeman was fatally shot in the chest and arm. |
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Unidentified militants opened fire on a roadblock at the Sheikh Zuweid city gate, injuring one security personnel |
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In a separate incident, seven soldiers were shot dead and five others were injured after Jihadists fired at a security checkpoint on the outskirts of Arish. An Apache aircraft shelled a vehicle belonging to Jihadists in Sinai after the vehicle attacked a security checkpoint. |