Riots at Egyptian Voting
Police fired tear gas and rubber bullets at crowds trying to break through blockades of polling stations in an opposition stronghold Wednesday, the final day of parliamentary elections, and two people were killed and hundreds were wounded.
Government supporters armed with machetes alighted from a police armored car in this Nile Delta city and attacked supporters of the Muslim Brotherhood, the government’s main rival in the voting.
The two deaths occurred in the northern town of Damietta, said Dr. Mohammed Balboula of Damietta Public Hospital.
The Interior Ministry confirmed the two deaths and accused the Brotherhood of instigating riots in Damietta. The statement indicated the police had nothing to do with the fatalities because the men were killed by live ammunition and the police in Damietta did not use firearms.
Police also cordoned off polling stations in the southern city of Sohag, frustrating hundreds trying to vote.
Source: The Washington Post.
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