The Raba'a Massacre

INTRODUCTION

On August 14, 2013, Egyptian security forces and army under the command of General Abdel Fattah el-Sisi raided two camps of protesters in Cairo: one at al-Nahda Square and a larger one at Rabaa al-Adawiya Square.

The two sites had been occupied by supporters of President Mohamed Morsi, who had been removed from office a month earlier in the 2013 coup d'état by again a  general. This time Abdel Fattah el-Sisi.

The camps were raided after initiatives to end the six-week sit-ins by peaceful means failed and as a result of the raids the camps were cleared out within hours.

The raids were described by Human Rights Watch as crimes against humanity and "one of the world's largest killings of demonstrators in a single day in recent history".

According to Human Rights Watch, a minimum of 904 people were killed (at least 817 in Rabaa Square and at least 87 in al-Nahda Square) with strong evidence to suggest more likely at least 1,000 died during the dispersal.

However, according to the Egyptian Health Ministry, 595 civilians and 43 police officers were killed and at least 3,994 were injured.

Later, the official Forensic Medical Authority stated only 8 police officers were killed and Egypt's National Council for Human Rights stated at least 624 civilians were killed.

The Muslim Brotherhood and the National Coalition for Supporting Legitimacy stated the number of deaths from the Rabaa al-Adawiya Mosque sit-in alone was about 2,600.

The total casualty count made August 14th the deadliest day in Egypt since the 2011 Egyptian revolution which had toppled former (also a general) President Hosni Mubarak.

Several world leaders denounced the violence during the sit-in dispersals.

Violent retaliation followed in several cities across the country.

The military appointed interim government declared a three-month-long state of emergency in response and curfews were instituted in many areas.

This timeline only issues the massacres at the Rabaa & al-Nahda squares in Cairo on Aug 14t, 2013, committed when Abdel Fattah el-Sisi carried out a coup and overthrowned Mohammed Morsi, Egypt's 1st and only democractic elected president.

The description of the issues represents events. But the way how they are described in the descriptions are solely those of the sources.

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Dead bodies laying on the ground

Bulldozer shoves a unknown structure over dead bodies laying on the ground

A tense standoff continued early on Saturday morning at the Egyptian capital's Fateh Mosque.

The Fateh mosque in Ramses Square was evacuated on Saturday of protesters holed up since violence flared in the square on Friday evening.

Police stormed the building on Saturday evening, moving the protesters out and beyond angry crowds who had formed outside. Al Jazeera's Bernard Smith reports from Cairo.

Around 1,000 Muslim Brotherhood supporters were said to be holed up overnight in the al-Fath mosque, just off Ramses Square, which had been used as a field hospital during Friday's bloodshed.

The tense stand-off at the al-Fath mosque came after bloody clashes killed 83 people nationwide and resulted in the arrest of more than 1,000 alleged supporters of Morsi's Muslim Brotherhood.

Television footage showed troops outside and inside the mosque apparently trying to persuade the protesters to give themselves up.

A protester inside the mosque told AFP by telephone that they were demanding they not be arrested, or attacked by hostile civilians who appeared to be gathered outside the mosque.

Security officials quoted by the official MENA news agency said that "armed elements" had been shooting at security forces and police from inside the mosque.

Morsi's Freedom and Justice Party (FJP) pleaded for another "massacre" to be avoided after at least 578 people were killed across the country on Wednesday when police cleared protest camps set up by loyalists of the former president, deposed by the military on July 3.

It was not possible to verify the numbers in the mosque independently.

A standoff emerged on Saturday, when protesters refused to leave out of fear of being attacked by what they described as "thugs" among the crowds waiting outside.

Panic broke out as shooting erupted.

She says that she entered the mosque to pray on Friday, but subsequently became trapped inside, along with others, when the security forces surrounded the mosque and has been trapped inside since.

People have stayed inside for fear of reprisals.

A little later, Abigail Hauslohner, the Washington Post's Cairo bureau chief, gave her account of what happened.

Demonstrators can be seen turning away as shots are fired on marchers from tanks. Some lie on the ground to avoid the gunfire.

The scene was filmed from multiple angles on Friday in the northeastern city.

The Associated Press news agency circulated footage of the same incident, appearing to show a group of protesters walking towards tanks blocking a road.

A man can be seen falling to the ground after what appears to be a shot being fired by the military.

The footage in the video contains distressing scenes.

He is a member the Egyptian Centre for Economic and Social Rights.

Dozens were shot and killed by security forces, their bodies taken to a local mosque.

Police and security forces have been authorized to use live ammunition in self-defence.

Footage shot by one of the group at the mosque shows the graphic violence

"My son Khalid Abdel Hadi was just 16 years old. He was shot in the head by a sniper on Attyarane Street, yesterday at 11 o'clock. I'm praying to God to avenge his death. Justice will be done. My son lives on."

رصد | لحظة اقتحام قوات الجيش و الشرطة لاعتصام رابعة العدوية

يقين | إنهيارات و صرخات تعرف أهالى الشهداء على ذويهم من داخل مسجد الإيمان

قين | إنهيارات و صرخات تعرف أهالى الشهداء على ذويهم من داخل مسجد الإيمان 15-8-2013
شبكة يقين الإخبارية من قلب الحدث

أبشع مايمكن أن تراه في مجزرة رابعة .. رصاص حي .. ق

Sound of a (too) heavy machine gun . To watch the video you need to verify your YouTube account

يقين | شاهد خطير سكرات الموت من أحد القتلى بمستشفى رابعة أثناء فض الإعتصام

unknown place used as a field hospital

بالفيديو..أحد أنصار الإخوان يطلق الرصاص الحى على الأمن

A masked man fires with automatic rifle into the direction of police forces

بالفيديو.. تبادل إطلاق نار عشوائى بين الشرطة والإخوان بمصطفى محمود

Police fires with automatic rifles on protesters

يقين | خروج الأنفاس الأخيرة قبل الموت فى رابعة اليوم أثناء فض إعتصام رابعة

يقين | خروج الأنفاس الأخيرة قبل الموت فى رابعة اليوم أثناء فض إعتصام رابعة من المستشفى الميدانى 14-8-2013
شبكة يقين الإخبارية من قلب الحدث

يقين | مشاهد مرعبة و خطيرة من القتلى و المصابين فى رابعة العدوية و خروج أحشاء قتيل

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يقين | مشاهد خطيرة لفض قوات الأمن لإعتصام رابعة العدوبة بالمدرعات و القناصة

The move, around 7 a.m., came after international efforts failed to mediate an end to a six-week political standoff between Mursi's supporters and the army-backed government which took power after his ouster on July 3.

They claim hundreds of people have been killed, with different figures being quoted by different sources.

Some estimates for the number of dead and injured run into the thousands, but none has been confirmed.

Protesters had been on the streets for six weeks to call for Mohamed Morsi to be returned to power.

But now the military has cleared their two main camps and imposed a curfew in 14 provinces.

The government says the death toll is 281, but the Muslim Brotherhood says it is more than 2,000.

"Lies in the announcement of the MIA about the clashes in Alexandria at Qa'ed Ibrahim square and about the massacre around Rabaa:

All eyewitnesses saw the police shooting with thugs on their side and there are numerous videos showing the truth...

But the police in its announcement denied using any gunshots and said that they only used tear gas and accused the MBH of killing civilians and soldiers!!

Watch the videos of the massacre to find out the truth."

"This Video was uploaded on YouTube by Mostapha Abd El Latif about Police and Army men clearing Rabaa Al Adaweya area.

Please check if video recorded and news included is genuine. Not a trusted video."

Egyptian General Sameh Seif Elyazal talks with CNN

Muslim Brotherhood members that were barricaded inside opened fire on their attackers, killing at least five protesters, activists said.

Another protester died overnight from injuries sustained during the protests.

Protesters stormed and ransacked the Islamic group's building after clashing overnight with Morsi supporters.

This timeline only issues the massacres at the Rabaa & al-Nahda squares in Cairo on Aug 14t, 2013, committed when Abdel Fattah el-Sisi carried out a coup and overthrowned Mohammed Morsi, Egypt's 1st and only democractic elected president.

The description of the issues represents events. But the way how they are described in the descriptions are solely those of the sources.

Please, take note that videos may no longer be available.

Massacre in Rabaa

[documentary] - Three years on, Egyptians reflect on the worst attack on protesters in modern history.

حين أعدمت الداخلية المصرية ٣٧ محتجزاً بالغاز37

37 Egyptian detainees gassed to death

• 868 innocent civilians protecting the revolution were killed by Egyptian security forces in few hours:
• 116 students
• 26 doctors
• 65 engineers
• 6 farmers
• 7 academics
• 8 journalists
• 11 lawyers
• 59 teachers
• 10 Khatibs
• 37 businessmen
• 52 craftsmen
• 12 women
• 30 children

A fact-finding committee set up by the government in Egypt has blamed the Muslim Brotherhood and its supporters for violence last year that led to the deaths of hundreds of people after former president Mohamed Morsi was deposed from power.

Security forces used bulldozers to uproot the protest camps after the Interior Ministry warned it would deal firmly with protesters acting "irresponsibly".

Fadi al-Qadi from Human Rights Watch told Al Jazeera, the report overstated the role of the protesters.

A year ago this week, the Egyptian police and army moved in to clear supporters of ousted President Mohammed Morsi who were gathered at Rab'a al-Adawiya Square.

In a new report, Human Rights Watch is accusing Egyptian forces of committing what probably amounts to crimes against humanity.

Hundreds of people were killed when security forces moved in on supporters of ousted President Mohamed Morsi in Cairo's Rabaa Square last August.

Egypt's Human Rights Council, a group appointed by the country's authorities, found that armed individuals infiltrated what was largely peaceful protests.

The group's report blames the police for not ensuring a safe exit for protesters to leave the area.