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Activists summoned by military over Cairo clashes

By REUTERS

OCTOBER 30, 2011 13:52

CAIRO - Two Egyptian activists will appear before military prosecutors on Sunday accused of inciting violence, a move rights groups say is part of a crackdown by the ruling army on dissent.

Blogger Alaa Abd El Fattah and Bahaa Saber, another activist, will be questioned by military authorities over "inciting violence and sabotage" in connection with deadly clashes between the army and protesters in Cairo on Oct. 9, the activists, family members and a rights group said.

Some 25 people were killed in the clashes that erupted during a demonstration by Christians over what they said was an attack on a church in southern Egypt.

Protesters said military police used excessive force, firing live ammunition and driving army vehicles into the crowds. The army defended their actions during the protest and blamed "foreign elements" and other agitators for the violence.

"They committed a massacre, a horrible crime and now they are working on framing someone else for it," Abd El Fattah told Reuters on his way to the military prosecutor's office. "This whole situation is distorted."

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