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Violence erupts in Egypt (39 images)

Security forces launched a crackdown on pro-Morsi protest camps that quickly turned into a bloodbath. A state of emergency has been declared.



Egyptian riot police arrest a demonstrator during clashes as security forces disperse protest camps of supporters of Egypt's ousted President Morsi in Cairo, on August 14, 2013. Security forces launched a crackdown on the protest camps that quickly turned into a bloodbath with dozens dead. A state of emergency has been declared. UPI/Karem Ahmed
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Egyptian security forces clear one of the two sit-in sites of supporters of ousted President Morsi, near Rabaa Adawiya Mosque, in Cairo, on August 14, 2013. Security forces launched a crackdown on the protest camps that quickly turned into a bloodbath with dozens dead. A state of emergency has been declared. UPI/Karem Ahmed
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Egyptian supporters of Egypt's ousted president Mohamed Morsi evacuate a wounded man during clashes with riot police from a field hospital at the Rabaa Adawiya mosque, where they were camping, in Cairo in Egypt, on August 14, 2013. Security forces launched a crackdown on the protest camps that quickly turned into a bloodbath with dozens dead. A state of emergency has been declared. UPI/Karem Ahmed
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Smoke rises at Rabaa al-Adawya square following clashes between Egyptians supporting ousted president Morsi and riot police in Cairo, Egypt, August 14, 2013. Hundreds of people were killed and thousands injured as police smashed two protest camps of supporters of the deposed Islamist president. Wednesday's raids touched off day-long street violence that prompted the military-backed interim leaders to impose a state of emergency and curfew. UPI/Ahmed Asad
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