Abandoned Brick Barricades Of Cairo: Eerie Quiet Descends In Parts Of Capital After Clashes Left 120 Dead And Pushed Egypt To Brink Of Civil Car -- Daily Mail
* WARNING GRAPHIC CONTENT
* Hundreds of thousands turned out across Egypt after Army calls for demonstrations 'against terrorism'
* They clashed with supporters of ousted President Mohammed Morsi who also lined the streets yesterday
* Armed police launched dawn raid on Muslim Brotherhood demonstrators who have been staging sit in
* Morsi has been formally accused of conspiring with Palestinian group Hamas and of murdering prison officers
* The fighting is the country's bloodiest incidence of violence since the army deposed Hosni Mubarak in 2011
* British Foreign Secretary William Hague has called on the country’s new rulers to halt violent attacks on protesters
* U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry urges Egypt to 'pull back from the brink'
Uneasy stillness spread across the streets of Cairo today, where hastily flung up barricades are the only evidence of a ferocious crackdown on supporters of deposed president Mohammed Morsi yesterday.
More than 24 hours later, the abandoned brick barriers still blocked the main street of Nasr City, an eastern district of the Egyptian capital, signs of resistance against the dawn raid.
They were not enough to hold back the surprise attack by state security forces just before morning prayers yesterday, in which it is claimed that officers aimed their shots at the heads and chests of demonstrators.
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