The mountain of corpses in bloody Egypt. Call for protest again on the blood-soaked streets

The Dhaka Times Desk Egypt has once again become a bloody city. In just one day, 525 people were killed and 4,000 were injured.

Meanwhile, despite the bloody campaign of the Egyptian government, the supporters of the ousted President Mohamed Morsi have called for protests again. They set fire to a government building yesterday. Government officials said that the police will shoot at them. A day earlier, the government bulldozed two supporters' camps and fired on them. The country's Ministry of Health said in a statement yesterday that 525 people were killed and about 4,000 people were injured. However, the Muslim Brotherhood said the death toll was over two thousand. World leaders including US President Barack Obama have condemned the bloody operation. Egyptians began their day yesterday with the prospect of an uncertain future.

According to different media, supporters of Morsi's political party, the Muslim Brotherhood, set fire to a government building in Cairo's Giza city yesterday in protest of many casualties in government operations. Officials in the country said that if government buildings and security forces were attacked, police would shoot at the attackers. Even after the bloodshed in the military operation, the party called on the followers to protest again in Cairo. "We will always be non-violent and peaceful," Brotherhood spokesman Gehad El-Haddad wrote in a Twitter message. I will be persistent. We will move forward until the army overthrows the coup.

Health Ministry spokesman Mohammad Fatallah told the media that 525 people were killed across the country in Wednesday's (August 14) violence. 3 thousand 717 people were injured. The government says 43 members of the police were also killed in the day-long violence. Bloody clashes spread across the country after security forces ousted Morsi's supporters from two parts of Cairo on Wednesday. A curfew was imposed on Wednesday night in the capital Cairo and other cities. Apart from this, a month-long state of emergency has been declared across the country. Curfew was in force till 6 am yesterday, August 15. After curfew ended, hundreds of relatives of the victims gathered at a mosque in Nasr City to take away the bodies. Many people are complaining that the death certificate is not being issued from the hospital stating the cause of death of the deceased. Meanwhile, some top leaders of the Brotherhood have been arrested. The Brotherhood had planned a protest march yesterday. Russia's foreign ministry has urged tourists to avoid travel to Egypt as violence continues.

Govt's condolence

In a televised message, Prime Minister Hazem El Beblaoui expressed regret for the casualties and said the state of emergency would be lifted as soon as possible. Arguing in favor of the army operation, he said that it was necessary to take such steps to restore peace in the country. He said that no country wants to declare a state of emergency unless necessary.

Condemnation stormed around the world

The international community has condemned a massive bloody operation by Egyptian security forces. The United Nations, the United States, the European Union, the United Kingdom, Germany, France, and Turkey have strongly condemned the violence in Egypt. A statement from the UN Secretary General's office said Ban Ki-moon was shocked by the Egyptian authorities' use of force against protesters. US President Barack Obama strongly condemned this operation in a statement. He also announced the cancellation of scheduled US military exercises with the Egyptian army next month. He warned that it would be a dangerous path if the country's government goes down such a bloody path again. European Union (EU) foreign policy chief Catherine Aston condemned the violence in Egypt and called on all parties to show maximum tolerance. British Prime Minister David Cameron said that there will be no solution to the violence, and all parties must make concessions for a real change of power and democracy. France also called for an immediate end to the crackdown in Egypt. Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan called the violence in Egypt a serious obstacle to a return to democracy. Germany has also called the situation in Egypt dire and dangerous.

It is to be noted that since the army removed Morsi from power on July 3, Brotherhood supporters have been taking positions next to Rabba Al-Adabiya Mosque in Cairo and in Al-Nahda Square in the center of Cairo to demand his reinstatement. About 80 people were killed in an operation by the security forces near the Rabba Al-Adabiya mosque on July 27 to drive them away. Despite this, the government could not remove them from there. Early Wednesday morning, tear gas shells were fired at the protestors around those two places. The protesters quickly picked up the tear gas shells fired by the security forces and threw them back at them. After that, heavy firing started on both sides. At one stage, the security forces were able to remove the protesters from Nahda Square. The temporary tents there were bulldozed. Clashes quickly spread to other parts of the capital.