Instructor In Cairo Discusses Violence In Egypt

Bret Swanson, an English instructor at American University in Cairo, talks about what he's seen so far in the past year in Egypt. Swanson's a former adjunct professor at the South Dakota School of Mines and Technology and Black Hills State University. He also worked in educational outreach for SDPB. More violence is expected in Egypt after chaos swept through the country last week, leaving nearly 900 dead in four days of unrest and threatening to stall a political transition. Over the weekend, the central al-Fateh mosque became the new battleground for unrest as pro-Morsi protestors marched to Ramses Square in a self-declared "Friday of Anger." After fighting broke out with security forces, leaving 173 dead on Friday, protestors used the mosque as a makeshift hospital and morgue before it was surrounded, then cleared, by security forces Saturday. Egyptian officials said Sunday that 79 were killed in Saturday's clashes, bringing the four-day death toll to 890 since Wednesday, when security forces plowed into two protest camps, killing at least 638.