At least 13 people were killed and dozens injured in Egypt Sunday, amid violent clashes, on the fourth anniversary of the country's 2011 uprising.
Egyptian authorities said the scene turned violet in Cairo amid clashes between police and protesters who support ousted Islamist President Mohammed Morsi. Demonstrators gathered near Tahrir Square, the historic site of the Egyptian Revolution of 2011, where millions of people called for the ouster of then-President Hosni Mubarak.
Protests heightened in the week leading up to Sunday's anniversary. Most of the 13 deaths took place in Cairo's eastern Matariyah district — an Islamist stronghold where police clashed with supporters of the outlawed Muslim Brotherhood group. Nine protesters and one police conscript were killed in the clashes, the officials said. As of Sunday, 134 protesters were arrested across Egypt. Read more...
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