DISTRESS OF NATIONS: 13 dead, over 40 injured in Egypt clashes

At least 13 people have been killed across Egypt in a wave of protests, which saw demonstrators clashing with police forces. Over 50 other people were injured in the violence. Cairo, Alexandria, and Fayoum and Ismailia have all seen deadly scuffles as the Muslim Brotherhood-led National Coalition to Support Legitimacy organized protests on Friday. The protests were part of the Brotherhood’s boycott of the upcoming constitutional referendum. The Health Ministry said that 13 people died across the country, with 58 people injured nationwide. The Muslim Brotherhood places the death toll at 19. In addition, authorities arrested 122 Brotherhood members for possession of weapons, the Interior Ministry said in a statement. In Nasr City, a suburb of Cairo, police wearing bulletproof vests used tear gas to disperse demonstrators who threw rocks, set tires on fire and assaulted police lines. Security forces also fired teargas at the nearby Al-Azhar University where a number of students were marching. More