Egypt's health ministry puts Friday's official death toll at 8

Saturday 31-08-2013 03:29 PM
Egypt's health ministry puts Friday's official death toll at 8

Members of the Muslim Brotherhood and supporters of ousted Egyptian President Mohamed Mursi shout slogans against the military and the interior ministry as they make the "Rabaa" or "Four" gesture, during a protest march towards Mohandessin in Cairo August 30, 2013. REUTERS/Louafi Larbi

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Egypt’s health ministry said that eight people were killed and 221 injured nationwide in clashes Friday.

The ministry's statement did not distinguish between civilians and police forces. It said that out of the eight, two were killed in Cairo, three in Giza and one in each of Port Said, Sharqiya and Ismailia governorates.

The ministry’s official statement relies on a count of bodies that arrive and are recorded at state hospitals.

Earlier Saturday, the interior ministry released a statement saying that one civilian and one policeman were shot dead and another policeman injured when unknown assailants opened fire indiscriminately at a police unit in El-Nozha area in Cairo's Heliopolis district.

Three protesters were confirmed killed by Al-Ahram Arabic website during clashes between police forces and protesters in Giza’s Mohandiseen district.

Another two people were reported killed in Sharqiya province’s Zagazig city after clashes between Mohamed Morsi supporters and street vendors, according to Al-Ahram.

One resident was killed in Port Said, according to a health ministry official who spoke to Al-Ahram Arabic.

Another died in the hospital in Ismailia after being shot in the head.

In addition, an army conscript was shot dead and two others injured in an attack by unknown assailants in the Suez Canal city of Port Said late Friday.

Similarly, a policeman was shot dead in North Sinai by unknown assailants as he was driving his car in Al-Arish city.

On Friday, demonstrations took place in several cities across Egypt by Islamist supporters of deposed president Morsi. However, none of the rallies came close to approaching the hundreds of thousands-strong demonstrations organised by the National Alliance to Support Legitimacy, an umbrella group of pro-Morsi forces, before.

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