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Death toll rises in Egypt

Egypt has just been plunged into a new cycle of violence. Thirteen people have been killed in five days of protests around the country sparked by anger at the authorities’ inability to prevent a riot at a soccer match last week that left 74 people dead.

 

Protesters charged that police did nothing to stop the violence at a soccer stadium in Port Said on Thursday. Some say the nation’s military rulers deliberately caused it, to take revenge against soccer fans (known as Ultras) who joined protests, and to show the military must remain in power.

Starting at dawn, armored vehicles with police swept through streets near the downtown Cairo Interior Ministry, shooting at protesters with birdshot and tear gas, said Dr. Malek el-Assal at a field hospital.

One protester was killed early Monday in Cairo, said el-Assal.

Among those injured Monday was Salma Said (above), a prominent pro-democracy blogger who was reportedly wounded by bird shot in the face fired by a police officer.

She reportedly received three pellets in her face, and 26 in one leg.

Family members said she was recovering at a hospital.

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