From the Guardian:
Thousands of supporters of Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood have defied a government-imposed crackdown to march through Cairo and Alexandria following Friday prayers.
In Cairo, Islamist supporters marched towards the site of sit-ins that had been broken up with tremendous force by the military in August. Army vehicles fired live rounds in the direction of Muslim Brotherhood supporters, who had been pushed away from the city’s Tahrir Square by security forces, a witness told Reuters. At least one Muslim Brotherhood supporter was reportedly shot dead in the clashes.
Onlookers joined soldiers in their assault, throwing rocks at the demonstrators who then threw them back. Muslim Brotherhood supporters chanted slogans calling for the downfall of the military chief General Abdel Fatah al-Sisi. Riot police had earlier fired teargas to push back the march.
Egyptian state security was boosted around Rabaa al-Adaweya mosque, the larger of the Brotherhood’s two former Cairo sit-ins, as the body of protesters approached, the state news agency reported.
Egypt has been gripped by political and economic turmoil since Sisi overthrew the Islamist leader Mohamed Morsi, the country’s first freely elected president, on 3 July after mass protests against his rule. Hundreds of people were killed when the security forces broke up the Brotherhood sit-ins in August.
The Brotherhood is facing one of the toughest crackdowns in its 85-year history. Hundreds of supporters have been killed by security forces and leaders have been jailed, but small protests are still taking place.
Security sources said a 2,000-strong march in the Maadi suburb south of Cairo was heading in the direction of the square, but was still several kilometres away.
