Penunjuk perasaan membaling batu semasa pertempuran dengan polis rusuhan di hadapan pejabat utama Universiti Al-Azhar di Kaherah 20 Oktober 2013 (Reuters/Mohamed Abd El Ghany – think IN pictures @1WORLDCommunity)
MADAyuMadyan - Polis Mesir melepaskan gas pemedih mata pada peserta demonstrasi pelajar pro- Morsi kerana mereka bangkit dan cuba untuk berarak ke kem bantahan di Rabaa Square Kaherah, yang pasukan keselamatan bersihkan pertengahan Ogos.
Sekumpulan pelajar, kebanyakannya dari Universiti Al-Azhar, memulakan bantahan mereka dengan berarak di kampus.
Penunjuk perasaan menglemparkan batu di pejabat pentadbir, memecahkan tingkap dan memecahkan pintu, kata Ibrahim el-Houdhoud, timbalan ketua universiti. Beliau memberi amaran kepada pelajar terhadap meninggalkan kampus dan bertempur dengan pasukan keselamatan, menurut Al-Jazeera Mubasher Misr.
Penunjuk perasaan mengabaikan amaran untuk tinggal di kampus, sebaliknya memilih untuk keluar daripada pintu pagar utama untuk memegang apa yang mereka katakan adalah “doa untuk orang mati” untuk menghormati rakan-rakan pelajar yang mati dalam pertempuran Julai dengan pasukan keselamatan.
Pelajar memotong jalan utama di Kaherah di luar institusi berprestij Islam dan mula membaling batu ke arah pegawai diletakkan di luar pagar . Polis bertindak balas dengan membaling batu pada demonstran.
Egyptian police fire tear gas to disperse pro-Morsi
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Egyptian police fired tear gas at participants of a pro-Morsi student demonstration as they rallied and tried to march to a protest camp at Cairo’s Rabaa Square, which security forces cleared in mid-August.
A crowd of students, mostly from Al-Azhar University, started their protest with an on-campus march.
Demonstrators hurled stones at the administrator’s offices, smashing windows and breaking doors, said Ibrahim el-Houdhoud, deputy head of the university. He warned students against leaving campus and clashing with security forces, according to Al-Jazeera Mubasher Misr.
Protesters ignored warnings to stay on campus, instead choosing to move out of the main gates to hold what they said were “prayers for the dead” to honor fellow students who died in July clashes with security forces.
Students cut off a main road in Cairo outside a prestigious Muslim institution and started throwing stones at officers positioned outside the gates. Police responded by hurling rocks at demonstrators.
Pegawai polis rusuhan terlebih dahulu ke arah penunjuk perasaan di Universiti Al-Azhar semasa pertempuran di Kaherah 20 Oktober 2013 (Reuters/Mohamed Abd El Ghany – think IN pictures @1WORLDCommunity)
Beberapa pelajar telah cuba untuk mencapai Rabaa Square tetapi terputus oleh pasukan keselamatan, saksi memberitahu Reuters.
Kementerian Dalam Negeri telah mengesahkan bahawa polis rusuhan mengambil tindakan selepas 3,000 pelajar disekat jalan raya di sekitar kampus Al-Azhar. Universiti ini terletak berhampiran dengan Rabaa Square, di mana penyokong Ikhwan Muslimin sebelum ini menubuhkan satu duduk di kem yang pasukan keselamatan menyerbu dan dimusnahkan pada bulan Ogos. Serbuan hari mencetuskan protes ganas.
“Rabaa Square adalah benar-benar di luar had,” kata satu sumber keselamatan. “Penunjuk perasaan tidak dibenarkan untuk bergerak di dalamnya.” Menurut sumber yang berasingan, 11 pelajar ditahan dalam kejadian Ahad ini.
“Kami mahu kembali pemerintahan yang sah di Mesir, kami mahu kembali Presiden Morsi,” kata seorang pelajar. “Kami adalah pelajar tidak bersenjata. Kami hanya mendekati mereka dan berkata “anda polis kami’ dan kemudian mereka menyerang kami.”
Pertempuran Ahad ini menandakan hari yang ke-2 rusuhan di Universiti Al-Azhar - pusat yang paling penting bagi Sunni pengajian Islam dan kubu kuat Ikhwan Muslimin.
Some of the students were trying to reach Rabaa Square but were cut off by security forces, a witness told Reuters.
The Interior Ministry has confirmed that riot police took action after 3,000 students blocked roads around the Al-Azhar campus. The university is located close to Rabaa Square, where Muslim Brotherhood supporters previously set up a sit-in camp which security forces raided and destroyed in August. The raid sparked days of violent protests.
"Rabaa Square is completely off-limits," a security source said. "Protesters are not allowed to move inside it." According a separate source, 11 students were arrested during Sunday’s incident.
"We want the return of legitimate rule to Egypt, we want the return of President Morsi," one of the students said. "We are unarmed students. We just approached them and said 'you are our police' and then they attacked us."
Sunday's clashes marked the second day of unrest at Al-Azhar University - the most prominent center for Sunni Muslim learning and a stronghold of the Muslim Brotherhood.
Pelajar Mesir al-Azhar lari menyelamatkan diri dari kanister gas pemedih mata yang dilepaskan oleh polis rusuhan semasa pertempuran di luar kampus universiti di Kaherah pada 20 Oktober 2013 berikutan protes anti-tentera (AFP Photo/Khaled Desouki – think IN pictures @1WORLDCommunity)
“Kami akan mengambil langkah-langkah untuk meneruskan pengajian walaupun dengan penerusan demonstrasi,” kata el- Houdhoud .
Mesir telah menghadapi gelombang baru protes ganas sejak beberapa bulan lepas. Pada 6 Oktober, sekurang-kurangnya 53 orang terbunuh dan lebih 200 cedera dalam pertempuran antara polis dan penyokong Presiden digulingkan Mohammed Morsi.
Hampir 4 bulan selepas tentera menggulingkan dipilih secara demokratik Morsi, negara ini masih dibahagikan. Demonstrasi tanpa henti sedang dipegang oleh penyokong yang menuntut kembali.
Rampasan kuasa Julai telah diikuti oleh tindakan keras keras pada pergerakan Ikhwan Muslimin Morsi, bersama-sama dengan tangkapan pemimpin-pemimpin dan pegawai-pegawai lain. Mereka telah dipenjarakan dan percubaan muka bulan depan.
Bekas pemimpin Mesir juga menghadapi perbicaraan kerana menghasut pembunuhan penunjuk perasaan di luar Istana Presiden di Kaherah pada Disember 2012, apabila sekurang-kurangnya 12 orang terbunuh dalam pertempuran.
Pemerintah baru Mesir juga menuduh Morsi bersubahat dengan Islam Palestin Hamas dan merancang untuk menyerang balai polis semasa revolusi yang menumbangkan pemimpin terdahulu, Hosni Mubarak, 2 tahun lalu.
"We will take measures to continue studies even with the continuation of the demonstrations," el-Houdhoud said.
Egypt has been facing a new wave of violent protests over the past month. On October 6, at least 53 people were killed and over 200 wounded in clashes between police and supporters of ousted President Mohammed Morsi.
Almost four months after the military overthrew democratically elected Morsi, the country remains divided. Non-stop demonstrations are being held by supporters who demand his return.
The July coup was followed by a harsh crackdown on Morsi’s Muslim Brotherhood movement, along with arrests of its leaders and other officials. They have been imprisoned and face trial next month.
The former Egyptian leader is also facing trial for inciting the murders of protesters outside the Presidential Palace in Cairo in December 2012, when at least 12 people were killed in clashes.
Egypt’s new rulers also accuse Morsi of conspiring with Palestinian Islamist movement Hamas and plotting to attack police stations during the revolution which overthrew his predecessor, Hosni Mubarak, two years ago.
Penunjuk perasaan berkumpul di tengah-tengah sisa-sisa asap gas pemedih mata dalam pertempuran dengan polis rusuhan di Universiti Al-Azhar di Kaherah 20 Oktober 2013 (Reuters/Mohamed Abd El Ghany – think IN pictures @1WORLDCommunity)
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