Nine Persons were killed, 86 wounded in Egypt Confrontations

CAIRO,(ST)_ in light of what is happening in Egypt voices increased, demanding accountability of the Muslim Brotherhood on the crimes they commit. Spokesman for the Egyptian presidency stressed  that Egypt will not allow repetition of what  had happened in Syria , while the  Egyptian National Salvation Front stressed that Muslim  Brotherhood commit crimes and must be held accountable.

However total death toll from the clashes, according to the Ministry of Health in Egypt in Cairo and several Egyptian governorates reached nine dead and 86 wounded.

The Egyptian Interior Ministry  announced wounding 12 soldiers  in a terrorist bombing targeted  last night al- Mansoura Police Department

 A bomb blast outside the security headquarters in one of Egypt’s Nile Delta cities wounded 19 people, security officials said early Wednesday, raising fears of deteriorating security after President Mohammed Morsi’s ouster, AP reported .

Eleven people have been killed in clashes between supporters and opponents of the ousted president since Monday. Most were killed in pre-dawn street battles near a pro-Morsi protest camp as the country remained mired in turmoil three weeks after the military overthrew the Islamist leader.

Security officials said 19 people were wounded, 13 policemen and six civilians, when the bomb outside the security directorate exploded after midnight. The city was bustling with people as is common during the month of Ramadan.

Presidential spokesman Ahmad al-Muslimani released a statement calling the incident an act of terrorism.

“The Mansoura terrorist incident will not waver Egypt’s resolve,” he said. “Egypt has triumphed in the war against terrorism before and will win again today.”

Khaled el-Khateeb, who heads the Health Ministry’s emergency and intensive care department, said six people were killed near the pro-Morsi sit-in. The security officials put the casualty toll at seven killed and 11 injured.

Moreover,  clashes between supporters and opponents of ousted Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi left nine dead and wounded close to 90 in and around the capital Cairo, health officials said Tuesday.

Six people were killed and 33 wounded overnight in violence near Cairo University, where hundreds of Morsi backers have been holding a sit-in to protest his removal by the army earlier this month, Health Ministry Director of Emergency Care Services Dr. Khalid el Khatib said.  

Police sources told Reuters that Morsi supporters clashed with residents and street vendors at the university’s Giza campus, just south of Cairo.  

One was killed in violence near Tahrir Square, the epicenter of the protest movement that culminated in the removal from power for authoritarian president Hosni Mubarak on Feb. 11, 2011. Two died in clashes in Qaloubya City, to the north of Cairo.

Nearly fifty were wounded in clashes in Tahrir, Qalyoub  City and Cairo’s Madinat Nasr.

Close to 100 have died in violence since the army overthrew Morsi, a member of the Muslim Brotherhood, on July 3 after a nationwide movement.

A security source told Reuters that the case was expected to ruled on soon “to give the army a legal basis to end the protests.”  

T. Fateh