Bonus Army Dispersal was a Indian Wars and Frontier Conflicts engagement fought in Washington DC, 1932. It was a United States (Federal) victory.
On 14 August 2013, Egyptian police and armed forces, under the command of Defense Minister Abdel Fattah el-Sisi, used lethal force to disperse two protest camps in Cairo that had occupied Rabaa al-Adawiya Square and al-Nahda Square for six weeks. The camps were occupied by supporters of President Mohamed Morsi, who had been overthrown by a military coup the prior month following mass protests against his rule. Initiatives to end the sit-ins by peaceful means had failed. The camps were cleared within hours on a single day.
The dispersal operation resulted in significant loss of life, though the exact toll remains disputed among sources. Human Rights Watch (HRW) stated that 817 were killed by government forces in Rabaa Square and 87 in al-Nahda Square. The Egyptian Health Ministry reported lower figures of 595 protesters and 43 police officers killed, with 3,994 injured. General estimates of those killed vary from 600 to 2,600. The operation proceeded under the direct command of then-Defense Minister Abdel Fattah el-Sisi.
Human Rights Watch characterized the sit-in dispersals as crimes against humanity, describing them as "one of the world's largest killings of demonstrators in a single day in recent history." The incident marked a significant moment in the aftermath of the military coup that removed Morsi from power, demonstrating the armed forces' willingness to use lethal force against civilian protesters on a massive scale. The dispersal of these two camps effectively ended the organized opposition demonstrations that had persisted for six weeks following the coup.
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