Smoke billowing from #AntiCoup protest site in #Rabaa as army&police attack & kill protesters #Egypt pic.twitter.com/j24XORkStw
— Jamal Elshayyal جمال (@JamalsNews) August 14, 2013
Army and police are moving now to “clear” sit-ins of Morsi supporters. Tanks, tear gas, reports of live-fire. And so it begins. #Egypt
— Shadi Hamid (@shadihamid) August 14, 2013
And now the rat-tat-tat of what sounds like live fire. Watching an officer point the gun in question directly at crowd as he fires.
— Mike Giglio (@mike_giglio) August 14, 2013
Live pictures from makeshift hospital inside pro-Morsi camp. Doctors treating wounded in crackdown #Egypt http://t.co/KGy7KgqdE3
— Jon Williams (@WilliamsJon) August 14, 2013
This man died before reaching field hospital in rabaa pic.twitter.com/WllWEcAflk
— Samer Al-Atrush (@SameralAtrush) August 14, 2013
When a protester lobs a rock at police, the response is full force: machine gun, tear gas.
— Mike Giglio (@mike_giglio) August 14, 2013
@Gsquare86 I can hear them too, sounds of heavy machine guns. My friend says this is tear gas, closed all windows and can’t breathe.
— ..♫.. (@D_ElSebaie) August 14, 2013
Police are carrying Kalashnikovs. Some are masked. Rabaa #Egypt. Thick cloud of smoke. Gunfire
— Abigail Hauslohner (@ahauslohner) August 14, 2013
Police on roof of building. Heli over head. More ak shots ringing out
— Samer Al-Atrush (@SameralAtrush) August 14, 2013
Reuters reporting 15 dead, still on my way to Rabaa
— Bel Trew – بل ترو (@Beltrew) August 14, 2013
Health ministry reports no deaths yet, state TV reports 2 police officers killed, aljzeera now says 77 MB killed #Egypt
— Gigi Ibrahim (@Gsquare86) August 14, 2013
Essam el-Erian on Al Jazeera now: “The world now is watching the massacre being committed by the coup-plotters in cold blood.” #Egypt
— Shadi Hamid (@shadihamid) August 14, 2013
.@ajmmisr‘s livestream just showed what looks to be a sniper pic.twitter.com/G8iSwxAgzi
— Mai El-Sadany (@MaiE_89) August 14, 2013
In many of the pictures I’ve seen, the “snipers” on the roofs around Raba’a look like they’re firing tear gas, not rifles. #egypt
— Gregg Carlstrom (@glcarlstrom) August 14, 2013
MOI has blocked all exits and then opened one as a safe exit. The stampede alone can cause scores of deaths. #Egypt
— Iyad El-Baghdadi (@iyad_elbaghdadi) August 14, 2013
In Nasr street saw a couple of police vehicles packed with bearded men under arrest. So much for a safe exit.
— Mosa’ab Elshamy (@mosaaberizing) August 14, 2013
They’re letting fire engines in but not ambulances.
— tom finn (@tomfinn2) August 14, 2013
Outside national insurance hospital next to Rabaa. The police turned away 4 ambulances now.
— tom finn (@tomfinn2) August 14, 2013
Man barely holding on to life pic.twitter.com/PAHXInKHzS
— Samer Al-Atrush (@SameralAtrush) August 14, 2013
From CBC live footage: Bulldozer destroying tent city at Rabaa. Nahda sit-in appears to have been cleared of people.
— Mostafa Hussein (@moftasa) August 14, 2013
I’m reading that MOI says one of its own killed. You know what that normally means. It means scores dead on the other side. #Egypt
— Iyad El-Baghdadi (@iyad_elbaghdadi) August 14, 2013
Not that this proves anything, but I was on Rabaa front lines just before security attacked. Didn’t see one gun, just sticks, rods, rocks
— Mike Giglio (@mike_giglio) August 14, 2013
Now it’s clearer as to why the announcement of so many security personnel as governors yesterday.
— Michael Hanna (@mwhanna1) August 14, 2013
Whatever you feel towards Morsi/MB, this doesn’t help us move forward. The opposite. A continuation of army/MOI position since Feb 2011.
— Hafsa Halawa (@HafsaHalawa) August 14, 2013
Mark my words, this will not end the pro-Morsi sit ins and may just relocate and reinvigorate them. #Egypt
— Iyad El-Baghdadi (@iyad_elbaghdadi) August 14, 2013
History will record how #Egypt‘s military rescued the #Ikhwan from imminent failure and instead turned them into heroes and martyrs.
— Khaled Elgindy (@elgindy_) August 14, 2013
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