Dozens injured in Suez clashes

Violence erupted in Suez on Sunday night when supporters of deposed President Mohamed Morsi clashed with anti-Morsi demonstrators, eyewitnesses reported.

A medical source in Suez said that more than 70 have been injured, of which 35 were hit with live ammunition and birdshots, according to state news portal Egynews. Another source put the number closer to 100.

The clashes were ignited when pro-Morsi protesters marched to Arbaeen Square after evening prayers. When the march reached the square, it was attacked by gunmen firing birdshot.

Forty-six have been injured so far, a source from the Suez Health Directorate told the independent newspaper Al-Masry Al-Youm.

Residents in the area complained that the police haven’t intervened to stop the violence.

Eyewitnesses reporting on Twitter claimed that Brotherhood-affiliated doctors in the main hospital there left, refusing to treat injured anti-Brotherhood demonstrators.

Many analysts say the port city of Suez and the Arbaeen Sqare were the birthplace of the January 25 revolution. Some of the first clashes between protesters and police forces took place there in 2011.

Since Friday, a number of protests demanding Morsi’s reinstatement have turned deadly. On Friday night, armed gunmen attacked pro-Morsi protesters in Mansoura, killing four women.