Photo Gallery Deadly Clashes in Cairo
On the night of July 15, Cairo saw the worst violence since the massacre on July 8 of more than 50 Muslim Brotherhood supporters. Reuters reports that seven people were killed and 261 were wounded in clashes between supporters of deposed president Mohammed Morsi and security forces.
This supporter of Morsi and the Muslim Brotherhood stands near the 6th October bridge, which was blockaded overnight by demonstrators. On July 3, General Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi, chief of the Egyptian armed forces, announced the removal of Morsi, Egypt's first democratically elected president, in the wake of the largest mass protests the country had ever seen.
Here, pro-Morsi protesters demonstrate against what they see as an unlawful coup. More than 10 days after the military stepped in, it is still unknown where the deposed president and his advisors are being held.
Morsi's supporters refuse to accept the new unity government, a pact of liberals, leftists, Nasserists, revolutionary youth, Coptic Christians and Salafists that itself has already begun to crumble. Here, protesters throw stones at security forces during clashes in Cairo on July 15.
Security forces retaliate against projectiles with tear gas. When soldiers opened fire on protesting Morsi supporters on July 8, killing at least 51 people, the Salafists of the Al-Nour Party demonstratively revoked their cooperation with the transitional government -- albeit only temporarily.
Reuters reports two people were killed at a bridge in central Cairo and five others in Cairo's Giza neighborhood on the night of July 15.
The army had told protesters that they would repond with "firmness" and "force" if they came close to military bases or "vital state institutes."
Morsi supporters crowd across the 6th October Bridge. The unrest in major cities has also spurred clashes in the North Sinai area bordering Israel.
An injured protester on the 6th October Bridge. The United States has been critical of the military's tough approach, saying that the leadership in Cairo must stop its "arbitrary" arrests of members of the Muslim Brotherhood.
So far, calls by US Deputy Secretary of State William Burns (left, shown in discussion with acting president Adly Mansour) for an agreement between current leaders and Morsi supporters have gone unheeded.
