Egypt's recent protest-turned-bloody crackdown is now accounted for more deaths in the Arab nation. Supporters of the first democratically elected Mohamed Morsi set up camp in the Egyptian capital a few days ago only to face government forces "escorting" them out of their encampments.
The deaths have soared to 500 according to the Health Ministry and 3, 700 people have sustained injuries from the bloody battle. Mohamad Fathallah of the Health Ministry told reporters that the exact number of deaths totaled to 525 while the number of people injured is at 3, 717 contrary to the claims of the Muslim Brotherhood Wednesday that the bloody clash resulted to 8 ,000 people sustaining injuries.
Fathallah also confirmed that these numbers does not only cover those in Egypt but in the suburbs as well.
Despite the death toll, the Muslim Brotherhood urged their supporters to take to the streets Thursday just a day after the assault on other supporters encamped in Cairo. A spokesman for the supporters of Morsi told media, "We will always be nonviolent and peaceful. We remain strong, defiant, and resolved. We will push forward until we bring down this military coup."
A violent backlash happened not only in the capital but in the countryside as well. The Muslim Brotherhood are said to have attacked a number of police stations in the countryside while other members and supporters of the group were facing an onslaught of Egyptian security forces in the capital.
US President Obama responded to the Cairo mayhem. The NY Times says the president, "strongly condemned the use of brute force to crush the protests." Mr. Obama also described the road that the interim leadership are going as a "dangerous path."
The American president however did not mention the $1.5 billion of aid that the country is providing to the Egyptian government. He acknowledged though that the US regards the country as a "cornerstone for peace in the Middle East."
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