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EGYPT – WOMAN, MOTHER, ACTIVIST KILLED IN CLASH BETWEEN POLICE & RIGHTS PROTESTERS
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" Shaimaa al-Sabbagh went to lay a wreath in Tahrir Square; she never made it"
Mourners buried woman activist Shaimaa al-Sabbagh in Alexandria
after she was shot during a march on Saturday.
At
least 18 people have been killed in clashes between police and protesters
across Egypt, officials said.
Three
police cadets were among the dead, and dozens of protesters were also injured,
the officials said.
The
clashes follow the death of an activist in a march in the capital Cairo on
Saturday.
The
protests were staged to mark the fourth anniversary of Egypt's 2011 uprising,
which toppled long-time leader Hosni Mubarak.
Security
in major cities was tightened ahead of the anniversary, and key locations in
Cairo were blocked off.
Dozens
of people were killed in similar protests last year.
Crackdown on Dissent
The
police cadets were killed during protests in Cairo, the officials said, while
protesters were also killed in the capital and the northern city of Alexandria.
Police
said two militants were killed as they tried to plant an explosive device in
the Nile Delta.
More
than 400 people were arrested.
On
Saturday, activist Shaimaa al-Sabbagh, age 32, was shot dead during a march by
the socialist Popular Alliance party in central Cairo.
The
party blamed police for her death. She was buried amid angry scenes in
Alexandria on Sunday. Hundreds of people attended the funeral.
Prosecutors
have launched an investigation into her death.
Since
ousting the elected President Mohammed Morsi in July 2013, Egypt under new
leader Abdel Fattah al-Sisi has cracked down on political dissent.