CAIRO: Egypt’s hardline military leader pledged a “forceful” response to violence rocking the country, as top European Union (EU) officials held a first round of emergency talks on Monday on the crisis that has claimed nearly 800 lives in five days.

In his first comments since authorities launched a bloody crackdown on supporters of ousted president Mohamed Morsi, military chief Abdel Fattah al-Sisi warned security forces would confront any further violence from protesters.

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