埃及又有人上街抗議焚燒政府建築

Supporters of ousted Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi are launching new protests, some setting fire to a government building in Cairo.

Egyptian state TV and witnesses say hundreds of Muslim Brotherhood supporters attacked government offices Thursday in Giza, torching the entrance. Separately, hundreds of marched through Alexandria demanding Mr. Morsi's return.

The renewed protests and violence follow Wednesday's violent crackdown by Egypt's military on Morsi supporters gathered in protest camps around Cairo and fighting in Alexandria and Suez.

Video being distributed by the Muslim Brotherhood showed hundreds of bodies wrapped in shrouds at Cairo's El Iman mosque. Egypt's health ministry says Wednesday's violence killed at least 525 people and wounded more than 3,700. The Muslim Brotherhood has put the death toll at more than 4,500.

Authorities had warned for days they would move against the protest camps.

The interior minister in the military-backed interim government, Mohamed Ibrahim, defended the actions of security forces, insisting they used minimum force against the camps and only fired tear gas.

Ibrahim blamed the Brotherhood for creating what he called a state of mayhem across the country by shooting at police, attacking government buildings and burning churches. But witnesses reported security forces firing live ammunition.埃及前總統穆爾西的支持者又舉行抗議活動。有人放火焚燒開羅附近的一個政府建築。

埃及國營電視臺和目擊者說， 數百名穆斯林兄弟會的支持者星期四襲擊了吉薩的政府辦公機構，放火點燃大樓入口。另有數百人在亞歷山大遊行示威，要求讓穆爾西復職。

新的抗議活動發生在星期三埃及軍隊暴力鎮壓之後。安全部隊星期三鎮壓了聚集在開羅營地的抗議者以及在亞歷山大和蘇伊士反抗政府的人。

穆斯林兄弟會發送的錄像顯示，開羅的艾爾伊曼清真寺內停放着數百具裹着布的屍體。埃及衛生部星期四說，衝突至少造成525人死亡，3700人受傷。穆斯林兄弟會則說，有4500人死亡。

埃及政府星期三出兵清理穆爾西支持者的抗議營地之前，連續多天發出警告。

埃及內政部長易卜拉欣爲安全部隊的行動辯護，聲稱安全部隊對抗議營地使用了最低限度的武力，而且只發射了催淚彈。易卜拉欣指責穆兄會向警察開槍、襲擊政府建築以及焚燒教堂，導致全國各地出現了了他所說極端混亂狀態。易卜拉欣說，臨時政府是在傾聽人民的呼聲，努力恢復國家穩定。不過有目擊者說，安全部隊發射了實彈。