EU urges members to consider response to Egypt violence


  • World
  • Saturday, 17 Aug 2013

BERLIN (Reuters) - The European Union asked its members on Friday to consider "appropriate measures" it could take in reaction to violence in Egypt, while European leaders stressed the importance of a united response.

Around 50 people were killed in Cairo alone on Friday, a "Day of Rage" called by Muslim Brotherhood followers of ousted President Mohamed Mursi to denounce a police crackdown on the Islamists in which hundreds have died this week.

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