Anti-coup Egyptians protest on first anniversary of Fath Mosque massacre

Opponents of the July 3 military coup in Egypt staged nationwide protests Saturday evening marking the first anniversary of the so-called “Fath Mosque Massacre” in which 210 unarmed protesters were killed by police and army, according to official figures.

The protests came as part of a week-long series of events organised by the anti-coup alliance on the first anniversary of the Rabaa massacre and other incidents where thousands of unarmed protesters were killed in the aftermath of the military coup of July last year.

One protester, Khaled al-Saeed, 14, was killed during a protest in Menyet al-Nasr town in Dakahliya province in the Nile Delta on Saturday,Anadolu reported.

Protesters called for “retribution for the martyrs” of Fath mosque massacre and chanted against the current president Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi, holding him responsible for the killings in his capacity as minister of defence and de facto ruler at that time.

On August 16 last year, thousands of angry protesters marched to Fath mosque in Ramsis in central Cairo after security forces blocked roads leading to Rabaa square in the aftermath of the August 14 massacre. According to the ministry of health, at least 210 have lost their lives in the violent dispersal of the Ramsis protest.