Video Captures Military Sniper Firing Into A Pro-Morsi Crowd In Egypt

Video Captures Military Sniper Firing Into A Crowded Pro-Morsi Protest In Cairo -- Washington Post

It’s not clear from the first seconds of the video who is firing or from where, but the rapid fire of the assault rifle is unmistakable. With the shots ringing so clear over the shouts of the crowd, chanting in support of deposed President Mohamed Morsi, so is the proximity. The camera jumps, some protesters step back or turn to run. In only a few shorts seconds – so short, he must have been awfully close – three men carry a fourth back through the crowd, limp and covered in blood.

Then, at 50 seconds into the video, embedded below, the cameraman pans up to see a soldier in military camouflage peering over the top of a building. The soldier aims carefully before each shot – fired, it’s not clear at whom, somewhere into the crowd. More bleeding young men are carried away.

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My Comment: The Egyptian military is defending this shooting of pro-Morsi protestors. What's my take .... leaders in the Muslim Brotherhood are calling for a violent uprising, I will have to take them for their word. As for the Egyptian military .... they have a long history of being brutal in their crackdown of opponents .... I will have to believe that they will be repeating this history. Bottom line .... expect both sides to escalate the shooting and killing of each other in the days and weeks to come.