埃及警察強攻抗議者營地,傷亡嚴重

Casualties are rising in Egypt after security forces moved in with armored vehicles, bulldozers and tear gas to clear two protest camps in Cairo set up by supporters of ousted president Mohamed Morsi.

Amid the bloodshed, Egypt's interim presidency Wednesday announced a one-month state of emergency had begun and ordered the armed forces to help the Interior Ministry enforce security. In addition, a nighttime curfew was declared in Cairo and a number of other provinces.

There are widely divergent estimates of the death toll from the clashes.

The United Nations said it appears hundreds were killed or wounded in the clashes between security forces and demonstrators demanding Mr. Morsi's reinstatement. The Muslim Brotherhood called the security operation a "massacre" and put the death toll at 500, while Egypt's Health Ministry said at least 95 people were killed and 874 wounded.

Witnesses and foreign journalists reported that security forces used live fire from automatic rifles, while the army released photos of pro-Morsi supporters using weapons against riot police. The Interior Ministry said its forces used only tear gas and that they came under fire from the camps.

Scores of people were arrested, including Brotherhood leaders.

Clashes also broke out elsewhere in the capital and other provinces across the country as Islamist anger over the crackdown spread, with police stations, government buildings and Coptic Christian churches attacked or set ablaze.埃及安全部隊動用裝甲車，推土機，催淚彈對開羅穆爾西支持者的兩個抗議者營地進行清理之後死傷人數不斷加大。

與此同時，埃及臨時總統星期三宣佈國家進入爲期一個月的緊急狀態，並下令武裝部隊協助內務部加強治安。政府還宣佈在開羅和其他幾個省份實行宵禁。

有關死傷數字，各方說法出入很大。 聯合國說，看來有數百人在安全部隊和抗議者的衝突中被打死打傷。

穆斯林兄弟會稱清場行動是“屠殺”，並說有五百人死亡。埃及衛生部說，至少有95人死亡，874人受傷。

目擊者和外國記者報告說，安全部隊使用了自動步槍等真槍實彈，而軍方公佈的照片顯示，穆爾西的支持者對安全部隊使用武器。埃及內務部說，部隊只動用了催淚彈，營地內有人向部隊開槍。
衝突中有幾十人被逮捕，包括穆斯林兄弟會的領袖。

隨着伊斯蘭主義者憤怒情緒的蔓延，開羅其他地方和埃及的一些省份星期三也發生了衝突。 警察局，政府建築和基督教堂被襲擊，或被放火焚燒。