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Clashes in Alexandria before the second phase of the referendum in Egypt
21 December, 2012 5:34:00
Clashes between protesters were injured Friday 32 in the second largest city in Egypt, Alexandria (north), on the eve of the second phase of the referendum on the draft Constitution, which causes severe tensions for several weeks. Islamist supporters of "yes "advocates and opponents of the" no "exchanged throwing stones, prompting the riot police to intervene with fire tear gas to separate them. Thirty-two people were injured, according to the Ministry of Health. The clashes have stopped after an hour and a half, but groups of protesters were still in place in the afternoon. violence occurred near a mosque in Alexandria, where several thousand Islamists gathered and hundreds of supporters of "no". Similar clashes were already a dozen injured it a week ago at this point. "The people want the law of God," "we sacrifice for Islam , " chanted the Islamists. "Egypt was united, but (President) Mohamed Morsi has been divided into factions, "assured meanwhile Mohamed Fayez, a supporter of the opposition. As Cairo, Alexandria has already voted last Saturday for the referendum to be held a week apart in two parts of the country. The city voted Mediterranean text, arguing against capital. 's "yes" was won overall by nearly 57% of the vote in the first phase, according to unofficial figures, an advance which point to an approval draft Constitution to the national level. "Everything suggests that the vote will go in the direction that the brothers want Muslims, "from which the president believes Hassan Nafaa, a columnist for the independent daily Al-Masry al-Youm. But brothers "would be wrong to conclude that this gives them a mandate to continue on the path they have chosen to Egypt, "says he, noting that the score of "yes" that could be more narrow 'hoped by Islamists.
