2015-01-26 14:25
Cairo -The death toll from clashes between protesters and police
as Egypt marked the fourth anniversary of its 2011 uprising has risen to
20, most of them Islamist demonstrators, officials said Monday.
The
clashes on Sunday in Cairo and the coastal city of Alexandria came
after Islamists called for demonstrations against President Abdel Fattah
al-Sisi's government.
At least 19 protesters, mostly Islamist
supporters of Mohamed Morsi, Egypt's first freely elected president who
was ousted by then army chief Sisi in July 2013, and a policeman were
killed, a health ministry official said.
The Cairo violence accounted for all but one death, that of a demonstrator in Alexandria.
Late
Sunday, officials had put the death toll at 15, including the policeman
who was shot dead during clashes in a northern Cairo district.
Tensions
had surged ahead of the anniversary, and a female demonstrator was
killed in clashes with police during a rare leftwing protest in Cairo on
Saturday.
Shaima al-Sabbagh died of birdshot wounds when police fired to disperse a march, fellow protesters said.
An 18-year-old female protester was also killed on Friday in clashes in Alexandria.
Egypt
has been gripped by political turmoil since the 2011 uprising that
overthrew ex-strongman Hosni Mubarak, and by violent unrest since his
successor Morsi was ousted.
Sisi has since led a crackdown on Morsi's supporters that has left hundreds dead.
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