Pictures Show Utter Mayhem In Egypt

The Egyptian Army has made good on their long threatened promise to crack down on a Morsi-supporter protest encampment in the Rabaa al-Adawiya camp in east Cairo and a similar one at Al-Nahda square, in the centre of the capital, reports Agence France Presse.

The New York Times reports that witnesses talked about gunfire from shotguns and automatic rifles and use of tear gas.

Field hospitals quickly filled with patients suffering gunshot wounds to the neck and chest.

The official AFP count of the dead stands at 129, but Morsi backers are saying the count is at 500 dead and 9,000 wounded, though neither of those numbers are likely to be entirely accurate.

Here are a few picture from the morning of mayhem (WARNING: May be graphic):

Iconic image: @AFP captures Egyptian woman trying to stop military bulldozer at Rabaa mosque #Egypt pic.twitter.com/ouHhzOURBW

— Jon Williams (@WilliamsJon) August 14, 2013