Egypt police says 1004 pro-Morsi arrested in bloody clashes
CAIRO: Egyptian police arrested 1004 alleged supporters of the Muslim Brotherhood throughout a day of nationwide deadly clashes, the interior ministry said in a statement early Saturday."The number...
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AFP
August 17, 2013
CAIRO: Egyptian police arrested 1004 alleged supporters of the Muslim Brotherhood throughout a day of nationwide deadly clashes, the interior ministry said in a statement early Saturday.
"The number of Muslim Brotherhood elements arrested reached 1004," the statement said, including 558 in Cairo alone. The clashes on Friday killed more than 80 people, according to officials and witnesses in makeshift morgues.