Egypt: Rivals Clash On Uprising Anniversary

Written By Unknown on Rabu, 20 November 2013 | 12.15

One person has been killed and dozens more injured in clashes between opponents and supporters of Egypt's military-backed regime.

People crowd around monument, erected in honour of victims of Egypt's revolutions after security forces fired teargas at protesters in Tahrir square in downtown Cairo Activists deface a monument dedicated to the protesters killed in 2011

Police backed by armoured vehicles fired tear gas and shots to drive protesters out of Cairo's Tahrir Square.

They gathered to mark the anniversary of the deadly 2011 demonstrations against the military, which took power after President Hosni Mubarak's overthrow, and graffitied a state memorial dedicated to slain protesters hours after it was inaugurated.

Egyptians gather near a memorial to those killed in Egypt's uprising The memorial is reduced to a lump of concrete covered in graffiti

More than 40 protesters were killed during the fighting with security forces over several days in Mohamed Mahmud street.

Tuesday's rally was was aimed against people the protesters felt had "betrayed" the revolution - Mubarak loyalists, the military council that ruled for 17 months after his fall and the Islamist Muslim Brotherhood which won subsequent elections but was ousted by the military in July.

Egyptian protesters, supporters (background) and opponents of the military regime (foreground) face each other during clashes in Cairo's Tahrir Square Supporters and opponents of the military regime clash in Tahrir Square

The military handed power to Islamist President Mohamed Morsi in June 2012, after he won the country's first free election, but ousted him a year later following mass protests demanding his resignation.

Mahmoud Hisham, a 21-year-old student, said: "The revolution is still not over.

Demonstrators rest at Mohamed Mahmoud Street, along a wall with murals portraying youth activists killed during the Egyptian uprising in Cairo A mural dedicated to the activists killed during the Egyptian uprising

"In three years we had three systems and three traitors -- Mubarak, the military and the Brotherhood."

Protesters threw rocks and fireworks but left the square shortly after the security forces moved in.

Security forces have killed hundreds of Muslim Brotherhood members since Mr Morsi was removed from power.

Supporters of Egypt's military chief Abdel Fattah al Sisi Supporters of Ehypt's military chief General Abdel Fatah al Sisi

Thousands have been arrested and the group has been outlawed.

The new military-backed government of General Abdel Fatah al Sisi is pushing ahead with a transition plan aiming for new presidential and parliamentary elections early next year.


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