Mursi supporters attack secular demonstrators

Mursi supporters attack secular demonstrators
Published Friday, October 12, 2012
http://english.al-akhbar.com/content/mursi-supporters-attack-secular-demonstrators

Updated 9:20pm: Supporters of Egypt's President Mohammed Mursi attacked anti-Mursi demonstrators during a rally in Cairo's Tahrir Friday after some in the crowd broke out in chants criticizing the Islamist leader.

At least 50 people have been reported injured in the clashes as angry, pro-Mursi demonstrators rushed the main stage of the protest and began destroying equipment. The president's supporters soon drowned out their secular counterparts with pro-Mursi chants.

Video shows pro-Mursi demonstrators attacking the stage:

Protesters torched two buses that were reportedly used by the Muslim Brotherhood to drive supporters into Cairo for the rally.

The Brotherhood, however, denied playing any role in the demonstration on its Twitter page.

The scuffle erupted as hundreds of people turned out to protest a court's acquittal earlier this week of 25 loyalists suspected of orchestrating last year's "Battle of Camel" raid where pro-Mubarak mercenaries charged their camels and horses through a crowd of anti-regime demonstrators beating them viciously.

The demonstration was originally organized by secular activists to demand more action on the part of Mursi after his first 100 days in office left many in Egypt disillusioned over civic freedoms, employment and the cost of living.

(Al-Akhbar)