Muslim Brotherhood says 30 Morsi supporters killed in Cairo

PanARMENIAN.Net - Egyptian security forces killed at least 30 people on Wednesday, Aug 14, clearing a camp of Cairo protesters who were demanding the reinstatement of deposed President Mohammed Morsi, the Muslim Brotherhood said, according to Reuters.

There was no immediate official confirmation of the deaths at Rabaa al-Adawiya, where thousands of Morsi supporters who have been gathered for six weeks awoke to an army operation and police helicopters circling the site.

One witness said he saw 15 bodies at a field hospital beside the camp where bulldozers cleared the protesters' tents.

"It is nasty inside, they are destroying our tents. We can't breathe inside and many people are in hospital," Murad Ahmed said on the edge of the sprawling camp, where Muslim Brotherhood guards had positioned sandbags in anticipation of a police raid.

The state news agency said security forces had started implementing a phased plan to disperse the protesters, which is almost certain to deepen political turmoil in Egypt.

On the other side of Cairo, smoke could be seen rising above the Nahda protest camp after security forces moved in to disperse protesters.