En Egypte, retour des affrontements sur la place Tahrir - Le Monde
Au moins 51 morts, plus de 400 blessés selon les sources et au moins 423 arrestations en marge de la commémoration de la guerre de Kippour.
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Au moins cinquante personnes ont été tuées et 268 blessées, dimanche 6 octobre en Egypte, lors de heurts entre manifestants partisans du président islamiste destitué Mohamed Morsi d’un côté, et des anti-Morsi et les forces de l’ordre de l’autre côté.
War anniversary politicized | Mada Masr
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Marches from across the capital opposed to the military-backed interim government were planning to converge in Tahrir Square. The iconic square was blocked off to traffic and under heavy security on all sides in anticipation of protests called for by the Anti-Coup Alliance, comprising of supporters of the Muslim Brotherhood.
Despite threats by the interior and defense ministries to use force against any attempts to spoil October 6 celebrations, the marchers pressed on towards Tahrir Square.
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But unlike previous pro-military rallies, the turnout on October 6 was markedly low. Eyewitnesses said numbers reached a maximum of a few thousand, compared to the hundreds of thousands who have previously taken to the streets at the general’s request.
The area around the Ettehadeya Presidential Palace was quiet most of the day, and by evening, a few hundred were there to mark the day’s commemorations.
Much of the celebrations in Tahrir and on national television was focused more on the actions taken against the Muslim Brotherhood over the past three months than on the 40-year anniversary of the October 6 War. Both were dealt with by the state press as victories against a national enemy.
Mohamed Rabie, a 36-year-old employee in the Giza Youth and Sports Authority, said his employers asked him to celebrate October 6 in Tahrir: “They asked me to come here with my colleagues, but I don’t see it as a command, because we all love the military and are against the Muslim Brotherhood and terrorism.”
Posters of Sisi were abundant as some in the square collected signatures for a petition calling on the general to stand in the upcoming presidential elections.
Ahmed Khalil, in his 40s, told Mada Masr he came to Tahrir Square with his family to “show gratitude for the Egyptian army’s efforts and in support of Sisi,” who he hopes will run for president.
One Mada Masr reporter who attended the rally in Tahrir Square as well as the anti-regime clashes said the day was a continuation of the war of exchanged hatred between both sides, as it was obvious that no party was protesting for clear demands.
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Despite the numbers, however, attempts to approach Tahrir were quickly quashed and met immediately with tear gas to disperse the crowds, leading them to scatter in surrounding streets in Garden City and Dokki, where the longest and most intense fighting took place.
Another Mada Masr reporter described the determined desire of Brotherhood protesters to enter the symbolic square, without thinking of the consequences of challenging the brute force of the military and police forces stationed there.
Although the protests include those who are not officially members of the Brotherhood, the discourse and the composition of the protests reflected, for the most part, a strong Islamist identity.
Protests in Dokki, Mohandiseen and Garden City had a strong youth presence, which made clashes inevitable, as one Mada Masr reported explained.
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Le maréchal Tantawi a été invité aux célébrations militaires.