EGYPT CRISIS - In Pictures: Killings in Cairo

In Pictures: Killings in Cairo

Injured demonstrators mass at makeshift clinics during security forces' grisly  assault on pro-Morsi protesters. Nasr City, Egypt - Hundreds of people died as security forces launched a crackdown on  supporters of deposed Egyptian president Mohamed Morsi. The assault, which began on Wednesday morning, led to bloody clashes around  Rabaa al-Adawiya, a centre for demonstrations in the Egyptian capital, Cairo. Injured protesters tried to treat their wounds at make-shift clinics set up by demonstrators. The government has declared a state of emergency and the violence is expected to continue. View As Slideshow >> /Scott Nelson/Al Jazeera A pro-Morsi supporter cries over the body of his slain friend at a field hospital inside the  Rabaah al-Adawiya protest camp in Nasr City, Egypt during Wednesday's operation to  break-up demonstrations.  /Scott Nelson/Al Jazeera The bodies of at least nine pro-Morsi supporters lie on a floor at a field hospital inside the  Rabaah al-Adawiya protest camp. /Scott Nelson/Al Jazeera A pro-Morsi demonstrator holds the helmet of a protestor he says was shot dead earlier by  police (a bullet hole and brain tissue was visible on the helmet) as he stands inside a packed  field hospital. /Scott Nelson/Al Jazeera Women and children pro-Morsi supporters take refuge inside the Rabaah al-Adawiya mosque  within the larger protest camp. /Scott Nelson/Al Jazeera An injured pro-Morsi supporter is a given first aid at a field hospital. /Scott Nelson/Al Jazeera A critically injured pro-Morsi supporter is tried to be kept alive by assisted breathing at a  field hospital. /Scott Nelson/Al Jazeera Injured pro-Morsi supporters are treated at a field hospital. /Scott Nelson/Al Jazeera A wounded pro-Morsi supporter is taken by stretcher to a nearby field hospital inside the  Rabaah al-Adawiya protest camp. /Scott Nelson/Al Jazeera The wounded lie next to one another on stretchers inside a packed field hospital. /Scott Nelson/Al Jazeera Critically injured are given what basic treatment the overwhelmed medical staff could  provide inside a packed field hospital. /Scott Nelson/Al Jazeera A critically injured man is a given assisted breathing inside a packed field hospital. /Scott Nelson/Al Jazeera A Koran sits atop one of the slain pro-Morsi supporters inside a packed field hospital  inside the Rabaah al-Adawiya protest camp. /Scott Nelson/Al Jazeera A man runs past burning tyres on the edge of the Rabaah al-Adawiya protest camp in Nasr City. /Scott Nelson/Al Jazeera A stream of wounded people are treated by overwhelmed emergency staff inside a packed  field hospital at the Rabaah al-Adawiya protest camp.