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| Killings Revive Fears in Egypt Before Election | Killings Revive Fears in Egypt Before Election |
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| CAIRO — Three riot police officers trying to break up a student protest against Egypt’s military-backed government were killed in a drive-by shooting in Cairo on Tuesday as early results from expatriate voters confirmed that the military’s former leader, Abdel Fattah el-Sisi, was headed for a big victory in next week’s presidential election. | |
| The riot police were dispersing a protest by hundreds of Al-Azhar University students that began late Monday when someone in a passing vehicle opened fire, state media reported. Several soldiers were injured. | The riot police were dispersing a protest by hundreds of Al-Azhar University students that began late Monday when someone in a passing vehicle opened fire, state media reported. Several soldiers were injured. |
| The shooting revived fears of violence around the presidential election, scheduled for Monday and Tuesday. During two weeks of campaigning, assailants have also attacked or set fire to at least three Sisi campaign offices, according to official media reports. | The shooting revived fears of violence around the presidential election, scheduled for Monday and Tuesday. During two weeks of campaigning, assailants have also attacked or set fire to at least three Sisi campaign offices, according to official media reports. |
| In the 10 months since the ouster of President Mohamed Morsi, the leader of the Muslim Brotherhood, Islamist militants have attacked and killed several hundred soldiers and police officers, either for revenge or to try to start an insurgency. | In the 10 months since the ouster of President Mohamed Morsi, the leader of the Muslim Brotherhood, Islamist militants have attacked and killed several hundred soldiers and police officers, either for revenge or to try to start an insurgency. |
| Mr. Sisi, who dropped the title of field marshal and left the military to run as a civilian, is expected to easily defeat his sole opponent, Hamdeen Sabahi, the third-biggest vote-getter in the first round of the 2012 vote, which chose Mr. Morsi as president. | Mr. Sisi, who dropped the title of field marshal and left the military to run as a civilian, is expected to easily defeat his sole opponent, Hamdeen Sabahi, the third-biggest vote-getter in the first round of the 2012 vote, which chose Mr. Morsi as president. |
| Mr. Sisi and Mr. Sabahi are campaigning as populist, nationalist and anti-Islamist heirs of Gamal Abdel Nasser, the longtime Arab nationalist president. But Mr. Sisi is the clear candidate of the military, political and business establishment, and his campaign has outspent Mr. Sabahi’s by more than 10 to 1. Mr. Sabahi’s campaign has sought to portray him as the candidate of the 2011 uprising against President Hosni Mubarak but has struggled to get his message out. | Mr. Sisi and Mr. Sabahi are campaigning as populist, nationalist and anti-Islamist heirs of Gamal Abdel Nasser, the longtime Arab nationalist president. But Mr. Sisi is the clear candidate of the military, political and business establishment, and his campaign has outspent Mr. Sabahi’s by more than 10 to 1. Mr. Sabahi’s campaign has sought to portray him as the candidate of the 2011 uprising against President Hosni Mubarak but has struggled to get his message out. |
| The Brotherhood, which dominated the only free elections held in Egypt, in 2011 and 2012, has been outlawed by the military-installed government, which calls it a terrorist group. Mr. Morsi and most of the Brotherhood’s other senior figures are in jail, along with tens of thousands of supporters. Its leaders in exile have called for a boycott of the vote. | The Brotherhood, which dominated the only free elections held in Egypt, in 2011 and 2012, has been outlawed by the military-installed government, which calls it a terrorist group. Mr. Morsi and most of the Brotherhood’s other senior figures are in jail, along with tens of thousands of supporters. Its leaders in exile have called for a boycott of the vote. |
| Several other past presidential candidates declined to compete because they deemed the race rigged in Mr. Sisi’s favor. | Several other past presidential candidates declined to compete because they deemed the race rigged in Mr. Sisi’s favor. |