UPDATES FROM EGYPT: Cairo Quiet After Deadly Crackdown
The Egyptian capital Cairo is reported quiet after a
crackdown on Islamists which left hundreds dead and drew international
condemnation. At
least 327 people died when security forces stormed two camps which
supporters of ousted leader Mohammed Morsi set up in the city last
month.
A state of emergency was declared and curfews imposed in Egyptian cities.US Secretary of State John Kerry said the "deplorable" events were "a real blow to reconciliation efforts".
EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton and UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon also criticised the use of force.
Egyptians are waking up to a frightening and uncertain future, the BBC's Bethany Bell reports from Cairo.
Even after the curfew was lifted on Thursday morning, there was very little traffic out on the central streets
and the bridges across the Nile, she says.
The demonstrators had been demanding the reinstatement of Mr Morsi, who was removed by the military on 3 July.
The
Muslim Brotherhood, which backed the sit-ins in Nahda Square and near
the Rabaa al-Adawiya mosque, says the true number of people killed on
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