(Hat Tip WeaselZippers) The ideology of what Egypt has become continues to play out on the world stage… An Egypt fully supported by President Obama.
CAIRO (AP) — A mob threw rocks and fired birdshot Sunday at several hundred Christians marching in a protest against Egypt’s Islamist government after the funeral of four Christians killed in sectarian clashes over the weekend.
The Christians were chanting slogans against Islamist President Mohammed Morsi, just as several thousand did earlier during the funeral service nearby in the Coptic Orthodox cathedral in Cairo.
The attacking mob, described by witnesses as residents of the area, forced the marchers to take shelter inside the sprawling cathedral complex. They also showered the protesters with rocks from the roofs of nearby buildings, according to witness Ibrahim el-Shareef.
Mohammed Sultan, director of Egypt’s national ambulance services, said at least 17 people were wounded in the clashes.
Fire inside cathedral compound looking from Ramses St. pic.twitter.com/4Rno8Kx9nG
— Alastair Beach (@Alastair_Beach) April 7, 2013
Riot police later arrived, firing tear gas at the Christians and the mob. Several tear gas canisters landed inside the cathedral’s grounds, causing a panic among women and children who attended the funeral.
Video footage aired live on the private ONTV network showed young men on the roof of a building adjacent to the cathedral firing handguns in toward the compound. (read more)
Central Security Forces (CSF) Doing nothing to help the Christians who are now trapped:
Csf doing absolutely nothing to stop the fighting. Standing around as the rocks and molotovs continue to fly over the wall
— Alastair Beach (@Alastair_Beach) April 7, 2013
Guy who fired birdshot from inside did so after csf launched another gas canister into compound. Csf very much working against ppl inside.
— Alastair Beach (@Alastair_Beach) April 7, 2013