Students gathered in anti-coup protests at Cairo University, Helwan University south of Cairo and Zagazig University north east of Cairo where students and Brotherhood opponents met with "fists, sticks and stones" after the Muslim Brotherhood called for student to protests at schools and universities this Tuesday to stop the violence and massacres, Reuters reported.
Islamist Muslim Brotherhood and it's supporters are fighting back against Egypt's military-backed government led by Gen. Abdul-Fattah el-Sisi since the removal of President Mohamed Mursi on July 3.
According to The New York Times, after Sisi security forces killed 53 protestors by shooting them in the head or chest on Sunday, tension escalated on Monday as protesters erupted into attacks against government targets, a drive-by shooting that killed six soldiers and a rocket-propelled grenade was launched; in total, security forces have killed more than 1,000 protestors and jailed hundreds of Islamist leaders.
The grenade, the first of its kind in the Egyptian protests, exploded near the neighborhood of Maadi, home to embassies and diplomats and shows signs that the fight against a military state in Egypt will continue.
The government is now blaming the Brotherhood for the violence, bloodshed and protests, and suggested the violence could be worse if the leaders of the movement were not behind bars, according to the Times.
The Brotherhood's registration as a non-governmental organization was revoked Tuesday morning, and a court banned and froze its assets earlier this month.
After the new government installed by Sisi arrested the oppositions leadership and openly demonstrated their willingness to use violent force, two senior government officials told the Times that the Brotherhood is to be blamed for Monday's attacks.
An anonymous official told the Times the Brotherhood was almost "predisposed to violence," and argued that "the violence might have been worse if not for the crackdown," but no one has taken responsibility for the attacks against the military state.
"This is a final ultimate battle with the military. It is the ultimate battle between us and them, and by us I don't just mean the Brothers - I mean the civil state versus the military state," Ahmed el-Erainy, 42, a business consultant and Brotherhood member recently released from prison after his arrest at an anti government sit-in on Monday, told the Times.
