Violence Flares in Egypt as Mursi Backers Vow Defiance
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At least 25 people died and hundreds were hurt as security forces clashed around Egypt with Islamist supporters of deposed President Mohamed Mursi who vowed to stay on the streets to defy what they called a military coup.
Twelve people were killed and 300 were injured in Alexandria, the state-run Middle East News Agency reported. Three people were killed and 20 injured outside the Republican Guards headquarters in Cairo yesterday, Mohamed Sultan, the deputy head of Egypt’s ambulance service, said by phone. Pro-Mursi demonstrators at the Cairo confrontation said security forces fired on them.