Egyptian security forces have moved with deadly force to clear two sit-in camps of supporters of the country’s ousted president Mohammed Morsi, leading to wildly differing claims about the death toll.

EGYPTIAN security forces clashed for a fourth straight day with protesters demanding an end to military rule, as the death toll rose to 12, despite strong international criticism of the violence.

Egyptian security forces are searching rugged desert mountains for the militants suspected of the Sharm el Sheikh bombings.