Hundreds injured as army and police use live ammunition, witnesses say, to disperse demonstration at Israeli embassy.
At least 353 people were injured, one of them critically, when Egyptian security forces attacked a pro-Palestine demonstration outside the Israeli embassy in Cairo on Sunday night, according to witnesses and the Health Ministry.
Activists told Al Jazeera that army and internal security troops used tear gas, rubber-coated bullets and live ammunition to disperse thousands of protesters who had gathered to mark the 63rd anniversary of the "Nakba" or "catastrophe" - the day in 1948 that Israel declared its independence and thousands of Palestinians fled or were expelled form their homes.
Israel's embassy in Cairo was the first the country established in the Arab world; the only other is in Jordan.
At least two protesters were shot by live ammunition, while others were hospitalised after inhaling tear gas or being hit by rubber-coated steel bullets, some of which penetrated the skin, witnesses said.
The AP news agency, quoting witnesses, said three people had been killed by gunfire and one shot in the leg, but that report could not be corroborated.
One protester, Atef Yehya, was shot in the head and remained in critical condition on Monday morning, while another, Ali Khalaf, was shot in the abdomen and believed to be stable, witnesses said. As many as 60 people were arrested.
Military and security forces near the embassy briefly stopped and questioned an Al Jazeera television crew and confiscated the team's camera, according to Rawya Rageh, our correspondent in Cairo. The officers destroyed a videotape and took some of the crew's personal items, including notebooks and a camera, she said
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At least 353 people were injured, one of them critically, when Egyptian security forces attacked a pro-Palestine demonstration outside the Israeli embassy in Cairo on Sunday night, according to witnesses and the Health Ministry.
Activists told Al Jazeera that army and internal security troops used tear gas, rubber-coated bullets and live ammunition to disperse thousands of protesters who had gathered to mark the 63rd anniversary of the "Nakba" or "catastrophe" - the day in 1948 that Israel declared its independence and thousands of Palestinians fled or were expelled form their homes.
Israel's embassy in Cairo was the first the country established in the Arab world; the only other is in Jordan.
At least two protesters were shot by live ammunition, while others were hospitalised after inhaling tear gas or being hit by rubber-coated steel bullets, some of which penetrated the skin, witnesses said.
The AP news agency, quoting witnesses, said three people had been killed by gunfire and one shot in the leg, but that report could not be corroborated.
One protester, Atef Yehya, was shot in the head and remained in critical condition on Monday morning, while another, Ali Khalaf, was shot in the abdomen and believed to be stable, witnesses said. As many as 60 people were arrested.
Military and security forces near the embassy briefly stopped and questioned an Al Jazeera television crew and confiscated the team's camera, according to Rawya Rageh, our correspondent in Cairo. The officers destroyed a videotape and took some of the crew's personal items, including notebooks and a camera, she said
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