7 Tewas, 600 Terluka dalam Bentrokan Massa di Mesir

7 Dead, 600 Wounded in Egypt Clashes

Editor : Cahyani Harzi
Translator : Dhelia Gani


7 Tewas, 600 Terluka dalam Bentrokan Massa di Mesir
Konsentrasi massa di Tahrir Square dan Andrew Pochter, 21 yang tewas saat memotret kerusuhan di Kairo (Foto2: Mail Online)

Kairo (B2B) -  Sedikitnya tujuh orang tewas di Mesir dan lebih dari 600 lainnya terluka pada Minggu dalam bentrokan antara pendukung dan penentang Presiden Mohamed Moursi, kata sumber-sumber keamanan dan medis.

Lima orang mati ditembak di kota-kota selatan Kairo, masing-masing seorang di Beni Suef dan Fayoum dan tiga di Assiut.

Dua lainnya tewas oleh tembakan selama serangan pada kantor nasional Ikhwanul Muslimin Moursi di pinggiran kota ibu kota, kata sumber-sumber medis.

Ratusan orang melemparkan bom molotov dan batu untuk menyerang gedung, yang terbakar pada saat para penjaga dan para anggota Ikhwanul Muslim berada di dalam gedung terlibat baku tembak dengan penyerang.

Kantor berita MENA melaporkan bahwa 11 orang dirawat di rumah sakit karena luka tembak senapan burung.

Di seluruh negeri, Kementerian Kesehatan mengatakan, 613 orang terluka akibat pertempuran terpisah-pisah di jalan-jalan, seperti dilansir Yahoo.

Jutaan orang Mesir membanjiri jalan-jalan untuk berdemonstrasi menuntut pengunduran diri Presiden Moursi.

Cairo - At least seven people were killed in Egypt and more than 600 wounded on Sunday in clashes between supporters and opponents of Islamist President Mohamed Mursi, security and medical sources said.

Five of the dead were shot in towns south of Cairo, one each in Beni Suef and Fayoum and three in Assiut.

Two more were killed by gunfire during an attack on the national headquarters of Mursi´s Muslim Brotherhood in a suburb of the capital, medical sources said.

Hundreds of people throwing petrol bombs and rocks attacked the building, which caught fire as guards and Brotherhood members inside the building exchanged gunfire with attackers.

State news agency MENA reported that 11 were treated in hospital for birdshot wounds.

Across the country, the Health Ministry said, 613 people were injured as a result of factional fighting in the streets.

Millions of Egyptians flooded into the streets for demonstrations to demand Mursi´s resignation.