Eight Killed in Final Round of Polling
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Police barricaded polling stations and fired tear gas and rubber bullets to keep supporters of Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood from voting in the final day of parliamentary elections. At least eight people were killed, including a 14-year-old boy.
Supporters of the banned group hurled stones and Molotov cocktails.
The last day of voting was by far the most violent. At least 10 people have been killed during the three rounds of balloting, which began Nov. 9 and are considered a key test of President Hosni Mubarak’s pledge to open the autocratic political system.
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