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Egypt taxi driver lynched by Islamist protesters | Egypt taxi driver lynched by Islamist protesters |
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Islamist protesters killed a taxi driver who tried to drive through a demonstration in Egypt, officials say. | Islamist protesters killed a taxi driver who tried to drive through a demonstration in Egypt, officials say. |
Witnesses told the state-run al-Ahram newspaper that he was dragged from his vehicle after running over one of the protesters at the rally on Monday in the Nile Delta city of Mansoura. | Witnesses told the state-run al-Ahram newspaper that he was dragged from his vehicle after running over one of the protesters at the rally on Monday in the Nile Delta city of Mansoura. |
A preliminary medical report said he died from a deep cut to the neck. A photo of his body was posted online. | A preliminary medical report said he died from a deep cut to the neck. A photo of his body was posted online. |
The interior ministry said that police had arrested 10 suspects. | The interior ministry said that police had arrested 10 suspects. |
The protester who the taxi driver is said to have run over was in a critical condition in a hospital in Mansoura, al-Ahram quoted a Facebook page called "Al-Azhar University in Mansoura" as saying. | The protester who the taxi driver is said to have run over was in a critical condition in a hospital in Mansoura, al-Ahram quoted a Facebook page called "Al-Azhar University in Mansoura" as saying. |
The protesters were reportedly supporters of the Muslim Brotherhood, the Islamist movement of ousted President Mohammed Morsi. | The protesters were reportedly supporters of the Muslim Brotherhood, the Islamist movement of ousted President Mohammed Morsi. |
Security has deteriorated in Egypt in the nearly three years since the uprising that forced President Hosni Mubarak to resign. There were a number of lynchings during Mr Morsi's one-year rule. | Security has deteriorated in Egypt in the nearly three years since the uprising that forced President Hosni Mubarak to resign. There were a number of lynchings during Mr Morsi's one-year rule. |
In June, four Shia Muslims were lynched by a mob apparently led by ultraconservative Salafist clerics in a village outside the capital, Cairo. | In June, four Shia Muslims were lynched by a mob apparently led by ultraconservative Salafist clerics in a village outside the capital, Cairo. |
Three months earlier, vigilantes hanged two suspected thieves in a rural Nile Delta village as a crowd of thousands watched. |
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