At least four killed in Egypt clashes

At least four people died in clashes yesterday as supporters of deposed President Mohamed Morsi mounted their boldest marches since troops crushed their protest camps demanding his reinstatement on August 14th.

An Egyptian army vehicle fired live rounds in the direction of Brotherhood supporters who had been pushed back by security forces when they tried to enter Cairo’s Tahrir Square, the symbolic heart of the 2011 uprising.

Four people were killed in clashes in two neighbourhoods of Cairo, an interior minister spokesman said. All four were Brotherhood supporters, said security sources said. Thousands of protesters headed toward the site in northeast Cairo of one of the former Brotherhood protest camps crushed by security forces in August. By late afternoon, they had retreated from the area. – (Reuters)