The number of victims of the current violence in Egypt is increasing. Most deaths fell during the efforts to end the demonstrations. According to the Ministry of Health there are 638 deaths, among them at least 43 from the police forces. The Muslim Brotherhood claims much larger numbers of civilian victims. The casualties from the army are not known. The brutality is tremendous.

AWR spoke with an Egyptian diplomat who stated that “there have been French, Dutch and German human affairs NGOs in addition to many foreign correspondents that were invited to witness the process....They all confessed that the Egyptian security forces have applied an unprecedented level of restraint and patience ...”. Muslim Brothers deny this and claim they were the victim of tremendous brutality.