In pictures: Egypt forces storm Cairo pro-Morsi camps
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Scores of people have been killed after Egyptian security forces stormed two protest camps occupied by supporters of deposed President Mohammed Morsi in Cairo.
Graphic accounts of bloodshed have emerged from the camps, which were outside the eastern Rabaa al-Adawiya mosque and Nahda Square.
Egypt's authorities said they had to clear the camps to "restore security". A state of emergency has been imposed across the country.
As the death toll rose, bodies were laid out in a makeshift morgue inside a field hospital at the Rabaa al-Adawiya site.
Meanwhile, the wounded were ferried to nearby hospitals in cars and ambulances.
There has been international criticism of the storming of the camps.
Security forces say they were also fired upon from within the protest camps, although the Muslim Brotherhood insists the protests were peaceful.
Armoured vehicles and bulldozers were used to storm the sit-in sites.
Reports of the numbers of casualties are hugely conflicting.
At one point an armoured police vehicle was pushed off a bridge close to a protest site.
Violence has also broken out in other parts of Egypt, including the northern city of Alexandria, where Morsi supporters blocked roads.
Mohammed Morsi was ousted by the army on 3 July following widespread anti-government demonstrations. His supporters want him reinstated.