Violence has broken out in Cairo where defiant supporters of ousted President Mohammed Morsi are protesting against his removal from power, with up to 120 people reported dead
Doctors at an Islamist-run field hospital said another 1,000 had been injured
in the clashes, which broke out shortly before pre-dawn prayers at a Cairo
vigil staged by backers of Mr Morsi.
British Foreign Secretary William Hague condemned the killings. "I call on the
Egyptian authorities to respect the right of peaceful protest, to cease the
use of violence against protesters, including live fire, and to hold to
account those responsible," he said.
Gehad El-Haddad, a Muslim Brotherhood spokesman, said the army had opened fire
on protesters who had spilled out of the vigil on to a main thoroughfare.
The health ministry contested the figure of 120 killed - provided by the
Muslim Brotherhood - issuing a lower death toll of 38. The state news agency
MENA quoted an unnamed security source as saying only teargas was used to
disperse demonstrators.
But Mr Haddad said the victims had suffered bullet wounds to their heads and
chests.
"They are not shooting to wound, they are shooting to kill," Mr
Haddad said.