Another fatality and seven injured during second day of voting
The state-owned Middle East News Agency (MENA), citing Egypt’s health ministry, reported on Wednesday that another fatality was reported at a polling station on the second day of voting, while at least seven people were injured in referendum-related clashes.
If accurate, this would raise the death toll from both days of voting to 12, with tens of injuries nationwide. The fatalities have been attributed to natural causes while voting or waiting to vote as well as referendum-related violence.
Although the MENA report attributed Wednesday’s death to natural causes, it did not mention the health condition of the victim, only that he was male and participating in the referendum in the southern governorate of Assiut.
The report also cites at least seven injuries around polling stations on Wednesday, which took place in the governorates of Assiut, Alexandria, Monufiya, Kafr al-Sheikh, and Gharbiya.
Wednesday’s injuries include cuts and bruises due to fainting, along with other more serious injuries, including first-degree burns. Five of the seven injured were still receiving treatment at hospitals on Wednesday evening, while the other two cases were released shortly after being admitted.
At least 250 members of the Muslim Brotherhood-dominated ‘Anti-Coup Alliance’ were reportedly arrested over the course of the referendum, together with other opponents of the constitution, including “no” campaigners, and journalists.
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