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Confusion and panic captured on camera as police, and protesters faced off at Fateh mosque in Cairo.

Mosque standoff
A protester looks through a window of the Fateh mosque.
Published On 17 Aug 2013

Gun battles, angry crowds, barricades and terrified and injured protesters. 

The siege of the Fateh mosque in Ramses Square drew to a close on Saturday evening after police forced their way in and  removed the bulk of protesters who had been trapped inside since violence flared in the square on Friday evening. 

Those inside, many of whom had participated in anti-coup marches on Friday that had turned to bloodshed, had refused to leave for fear of being attacked by what they described as “thugs” among the crowds waiting outside.

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Police inside the Fateh mosque following action to clear protesters.
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An AK47 is silhouetted against the window of the Fateh mosque.
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Anti-coup protesters negotiate with police from behind their barricade inside the Fateh mosque.
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Army soldiers enter the Fateh mosque in Ramses Square, Cairo.
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A soldier points to the second floor of the Fateh mosque during an exchange of fire during the standoff in Ramses Square.
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Policemen stand guard inside a room of the Fateh mosque.
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An anti-coup protesters talks to police from behind a barricade inside the Fateh mosque.
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Supporters of the interim government cheer and shout slogans against the Muslim Brotherhood outside the Fateh mosque.
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Supporters of the interim government talk to police outside the Fateh mosque.
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Police guard a gate to Fateh mosque in Cairo.
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Demonstrators wait inside the Fateh mosque during the standoff.