'Day of rage' in Egypt leaves 50 people dead in Cairo

Muslim Brotherhood protests plunged into violence across Egypt on Friday, with around 50 killed in Cairo alone on a "day of rage" called by Islamist followers of ousted President Mohammed Morsi to denounce a police crackdown.

Automatic gunfire echoed across Cairo and black smoke billowed from the capital's huge Ramses Square, a military helicopter hovering low overhead looking down on the chaos.

A Reuters witness saw the bodies of 27 people, apparently hit by gunfire and birdshot, wrapped in white sheets in a mosque. A Reuters photographer said security forces opened fire from numerous directions when a police station was attacked.

At least 20 people died in clashes elsewhere in Egypt. - indiatimes