At least 51 people were killed and scores injured as activists of the Muslim Brotherhood clashed with security forces in Egypt on Sunday, as supporters of the military-backed transitional government marked the anniversary of the 1973 Arab-Israeli war.
Police confronted people owing allegiance to army deposed President Mohamed Morsi when they tried to converge on Cairo's iconic Tahrir Square for the anniversary celebrations. At least 46 people were killed in Cairo and five south of the capital, while nearly 300 wounded across Egypt, Al Jazeera reported citing a Health Ministry spokesman.
Police arrested 423 protesters in Cairo, accusing them of vandalism and "firing live rounds and birdshot," said an Interior Ministry statement.
Several thousand people, some carrying pictures of army chief Abdel Fattah el-Sisi, waved Egyptian flags as fighter jets and Apache helicopters flew overhead in formation and patriotic songs blared from loudspeakers.
Sisi, flanked by Interim President Adly Mansour and visiting Jordanian Prime Minister Abdullah Nsur, attended a fireworks display in a military stadium, followed by a long song-and-dance show.
"The army, police and the people are together hand in hand... We will protect Egypt, the Egyptian people and the will of Egyptians," Sisi told the cheering crowd.
Top leaders of the Muslim Brotherhood are in jail slapped with various charges including murder and trying to overthrow the government since security forces cracked down on Brotherhood activists in August in which nearly 1,000 people were killed.
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