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A state of emergency has been declared by Egypt’s presidency following the several deaths caused by disbandment of pro- Morsi camps by security operatives.
Security forces say 95 people have been killed.
BBC Arabic's Khaled Ezzelarab says he counted at least 50 bodies at the makeshift hospitals around Rabaa al-Adawiya mosque.
Ikhwanonline, the website of the Muslim Brotherhood, says that in total more than 800 were killed.
The health ministry has issued an official death toll of 95.
The interior ministry denied any deaths were caused by its forces firing live ammunition.
The 17-year-old daughter of leading Muslim Brotherhood figure Mohamed el-Beltagy was among the dead, reports say. Asmaa el-Beltagy was shot in the back and chest, her brother said.
The state of emergency is scheduled to last for one month.
The government has meanwhile congratulated the security forces on their operation to clear the camps.
In a televised statement, a government spokesman praised their "self-restraint" and spoke of the "smaller number" of injuries among protesters.
The government would decisively confront attempts to attack state buildings and police stations, he said.
