Egypt authorities accused of cover-up over deadly clashes
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[quote=bbc]Some of those shot dead in clashes with security forces near the Presidential Guard barracks, to the north of the mosque, have been buried, but there are also allegations that officials are trying to suppress what really happened.
When we arrived at Cairo's central mortuary, some people were banging on the doors - demanding to be let in. They simply wanted to see and collect the bodies of those killed.
Mothers, brothers and friends sat in the baking sun waiting, as the bolted doors remained shut and they were met by the blank stares of officials through a tiny grille.
They told us that bodies were not being released for burial unless they accepted, without question, the official post-mortem reports.
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A few metres away, a clearly agitated and angry man picked up a huge stick and waved it around - angry because the official report said his brother had died after being shot in the chest.
He screamed that he had seen his brother's body on Monday with a huge bullet wound in the back of his head.
What these people alleged was that Egypt's new military-backed interim authorities are covering up what took place outside the Presidential Guard barracks.
Ismail Rashid al-Mouhami, a lawyer representing some of the families, says basic principles of law are being deliberately ignored by the army and its supporters in the media.
"All normal legal procedures to see the bodies have been stopped," he told me. "These are exceptional circumstances."
"No-one from the public prosecutor's office is allowed here to see the bodies, but if you want to quietly take the body [of your loved one] away and just get a permit to bury them then they give it to you and put an end to the story."
"If you want more than that, then you are stuck outside here."[/quote]
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not suspicious at all
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