Cairo Streets Calm After Deadly Clashes ๐
Cairo remains quiet a day after violence during a national holiday, leaving over 50 dead in street clashes.
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(7 Oct 2013) The streets of Cairo were quiet on Monday morning, a day after an Egyptian national holiday to celebrate the military turned violent, leaving 51 dead across the country.
Sunday's clashes between security forces and Islamist protesters came as crowds from Egypt's two rival camps - supporters of ousted president Mohammed Morsi and backers of the military that deposed him - poured into the streets and turned on each other.
Several neighbourhoods in the capital resembled combat zones on Sunday after street battles that raged for hours.
It was the highest death toll in a single day in violence in Egypt since August 14, when security forces raided two sit-in protest camps by Morsi's supporters in Cairo, killing hundreds.
Even as fighting continued in the streets, the military went ahead with lavish celebrations for the holiday marking the 40th anniversary of the start of the 1973 war with Israel.
The street battles were the latest chapter in the turmoil roiling Egypt since the autocrat Hosni Mubarak was overthrown in February 2011.
The new violence is certain to set back efforts by the interim, military-backed government to revive the economy, especially the vital tourism sector, and bring order to the streets of Cairo, where crime and lawlessness have been rife.
Morsi was Egypt's first civilian and first freely elected president, succeeding four since the early 1950s who hailed from a military background.
But after a year in office, Morsi was faced by massive protests demanding his ouster, accusing his Muslim Brotherhood of taking over power - and, on July 3, military chief General Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi removed him.
The military is now back as the real source of power in Egypt, and state and independent media have been depicting it as the country's saviour - with growing calls for el-Sissi to run in the presidential election due early next year.
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Sunday's clashes between security forces and Islamist protesters came as crowds from Egypt's two rival camps - supporters of ousted president Mohammed Morsi and backers of the military that deposed him - poured into the streets and turned on each other.
Several neighbourhoods in the capital resembled combat zones on Sunday after street battles that raged for hours.
It was the highest death toll in a single day in violence in Egypt since August 14, when security forces raided two sit-in protest camps by Morsi's supporters in Cairo, killing hundreds.
Even as fighting continued in the streets, the military went ahead with lavish celebrations for the holiday marking the 40th anniversary of the start of the 1973 war with Israel.
The street battles were the latest chapter in the turmoil roiling Egypt since the autocrat Hosni Mubarak was overthrown in February 2011.
The new violence is certain to set back efforts by the interim, military-backed government to revive the economy, especially the vital tourism sector, and bring order to the streets of Cairo, where crime and lawlessness have been rife.
Morsi was Egypt's first civilian and first freely elected president, succeeding four since the early 1950s who hailed from a military background.
But after a year in office, Morsi was faced by massive protests demanding his ouster, accusing his Muslim Brotherhood of taking over power - and, on July 3, military chief General Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi removed him.
The military is now back as the real source of power in Egypt, and state and independent media have been depicting it as the country's saviour - with growing calls for el-Sissi to run in the presidential election due early next year.
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