In Egypt, the military opened fire on the supporters of the Muslim Brothers: there are dead

The troops of the Government of Egypt opened fire on the supporters of the Muslim Brothers Party during the mass protest on the central square of Cairo Tahrir, reports Newsru Israel . As a result of the shooting, four people were killed, reports Reuters - it was previously known about one deceased. BBC reports at least 40 wounded.

The central square was surrounded by police officers on Thursday - checkpoints and armored vehicles were exhibited at the entrances to it. On Friday, the manifestants took to the streets of the country demanding to "restore the rule of law" and return to power the President Muhammad Mursi overthrown by the military in early July. The reason for the mass campaign was the anniversary of the Judgment Day war against Israel in 1973, the Russian BBC service notes.

Egyptian security forces plan to leave access to the area around the presidential palace and Tahrir Square in Cairo by Monday until the morning of Monday, Interfax reports with reference to the Mena agency. The fact is that Mursi's supporters expressed a desire to hold a protest on the weekend on Tahrir.

The reason for the speech was also dissatisfaction with the court order on the ban on the activities of the Muslim Brothers, issued on September 23. "This is a corrupt and politically motivated decision," Interfax reports.

The demonstrators tried to break through to the Presidential Palace, the Ministry of Defense and Square of Rabia Al-Adaviya, where one of the most bloody clashes occurred in August, but were stopped by security forces that used tear gas against them, ITAR-TASS reports. In addition, shots sound everywhere, stones and Molotov cocktails are used. According to Reuters, some passers -by took stones and threw them into Mursi's supporters, the demonstrators answered them the same.

At the same time, the correspondent of the local newspaper Youm7 Mahmoud Abde Herradi told Al-Arabiya that the military used tear gas only against those Protestants who were engaged in vandalism.

At the same time, the AL -JAZeera correspondent, unnamed for security reasons, confirms information about shooting and tear gas and adds that the manifestants were also armed with sticks, bottles, stones and, possibly, even weapons.

“We will protest and barricade all the central streets. We must take Tahrir at all costs,” says one of the Islamists Muhammad Said.

The skirmishes between the associates of the overthrown President Muhammad Mursi and the government troops broke out today with renewed vigor also in Alexandria and two cities in the Nile Delta.

It is worth noting that events in Egypt are developing against the backdrop of yesterday's speech by the EU Supreme EU for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Katherine Ashton at a press conference in Cairo. She stated that "the presidential election in Egypt is a purely internal business of the country," so the European Union is not going to act as an intermediary between the new authorities and the opposition.

Meanwhile, she pointed out, the political process should affect all sides. "We are ready to help, relying on our experience in Europe, which shows the importance that everyone should be involved in the dialogue."

North of Cairo attacked the army patrol

Meanwhile, on Friday evening, unknown people fired at a military car on the highway connecting the capital with the province of Ismailia.

As a result of an armed attack, two Egyptian troops died, another was injured.

Plucked confrontation in Egypt

In December 2011, the Muslim Brothers party won the first round of the parliamentary elections. She gained 40% of the vote, and later, in June 2012, her leader Muhammad Mursi became president of Egypt. In July 2013, Mursi, in the wake of mass discontent, was deposed by the army of Egypt. Ex-President and another 14 leaders of the Muslim Brothers were arrested. They are accused of inciting to violence and bloodshed, and fierce clashes between the supporters of the Muslim Brothers and security forces take place in the country.

On August 14, in the country, a state of emergency for a month for a month by decree of the temporary president of the country Adley Mansur was introduced in order to combat terrorism "during fierce clashes of the military and supporters of the Islamic Association. In September, the regime was extended until mid -November.