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Injured demonstrators mass at makeshift clinics during security forces’ grisly assault on pro-Morsi protesters.

A pro-Morsi supporter cries over the body of his slain friend at a field hospital inside the Rabaah al-Adawiya protest camp in Nasr City, Egypt during Wednesday(***)s operation to break-up demonstrations. 
A pro-Morsi supporter cries over the body of his slain friend at a field hospital inside the Rabaah al-Adawiya protest camp in Nasr City, Egypt during Wednesday(***)s operation to break-up demonstrations. 
By 
Scott Nelson
15 Aug 2013

Nasr City, Egypt – Hundreds of people died as security forces launched a crackdown on supporters of deposed Egyptian president Mohamed Morsi. 

The assault, which began on Wednesday morning, led to bloody clashes around Rabaa al-Adawiya, a centre for demonstrations in the Egyptian capital, Cairo.

Injured protesters tried to treat their wounds at make-shift clinics set up by demonstrators. The government has declared a state of emergency and the violence is expected to continue. 

The bodies of at least nine pro-Morsi supporters lie on a floor at a field hospital inside the Rabaah al-Adawiya protest camp.
The bodies of at least nine pro-Morsi supporters lie on a floor at a field hospital inside the Rabaah al-Adawiya protest camp.
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A pro-Morsi demonstrator holds the helmet of a protestor he says was shot dead earlier by police (a bullet hole and brain tissue was visible on the helmet) as he stands inside a packed field hospital.
A pro-Morsi demonstrator holds the helmet of a protestor he says was shot dead earlier by police (a bullet hole and brain tissue was visible on the helmet) as he stands inside a packed field hospital.
Women and children pro-Morsi supporters take refuge inside the Rabaah al-Adawiya mosque within the larger protest camp.
Women and children pro-Morsi supporters take refuge inside the Rabaah al-Adawiya mosque within the larger protest camp.
An injured pro-Morsi supporter is a given first aid at a field hospital.
An injured pro-Morsi supporter is a given first aid at a field hospital.
A critically injured pro-Morsi supporter is tried to be kept alive by assisted breathing at a field hospital.
A critically injured pro-Morsi supporter is tried to be kept alive by assisted breathing at a field hospital.
Injured pro-Morsi supporters are treated at a field hospital.
Injured pro-Morsi supporters are treated at a field hospital.
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A wounded pro-Morsi supporter is taken by stretcher to a nearby field hospital inside the Rabaah al-Adawiya protest camp.
A wounded pro-Morsi supporter is taken by stretcher to a nearby field hospital inside the Rabaah al-Adawiya protest camp.
The wounded lie next to one another on stretchers inside a packed field hospital.
The wounded lie next to one another on stretchers inside a packed field hospital.
Critically injured are given what basic treatment the overwhelmed medical staff could provide inside a packed field hospital.
Critically injured are given what basic treatment the overwhelmed medical staff could provide inside a packed field hospital.
A critically injured man is a given assisted breathing inside a packed field hospital.
A critically injured man is a given assisted breathing inside a packed field hospital.
A Koran sits atop one of the slain pro-Morsi supporters inside a packed field hospital inside the Rabaah al-Adawiya protest camp.
A Koran sits atop one of the slain pro-Morsi supporters inside a packed field hospital inside the Rabaah al-Adawiya protest camp.
A man runs past burning tyres on the edge of the Rabaah al-Adawiya protest camp in Nasr City.
A man runs past burning tyres on the edge of the Rabaah al-Adawiya protest camp in Nasr City.
A stream of wounded people are treated by overwhelmed emergency staff inside a packed field hospital at the Rabaah al-Adawiya protest camp.
A stream of wounded people are treated by overwhelmed emergency staff inside a packed field hospital at the Rabaah al-Adawiya protest camp.
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