00:55Egypt: Army roadblocks halt Morsi supporters
Egypt: Army roadblocks halt Morsi supporters
The Egyptian army has created a roadblock with armoured vehicles on the crossing between El Tahrir Street and Kasr Al Nile Bridge in Cairo on Friday. The roundabout where the vehicles have been placed is directly across the river from Tahrir Square, where anti-Morsi demonstrators are holding a protest. The roadblock stops pro-Morsi demonstrators from crossing over to Tahrir Square and meet the oppositionists.
A wave of pro-Morsi protests swept through Cairo after Friday prayers as the Muslim Brotherhood urged advocates to show their support for the ousted president. Tens of thousands streamed into the streets in the capital under the banner the 'Friday of rejection', referring to the announcement on Wednesday night by army chief Abdul Fatah Al Sisi that Egypt's first democratically elected president had been removed by military decree.
Three people are reported to have been killed in gun fires near the Republican Guards HQ in Nasr City on Friday. Muslim Brotherhood have accused the army to be responsible for the deaths, something the army has denied.
Morsi assumed office on June 30, 2012 after mass protests toppled the government of then-president Hosni Mubarak, who ruled from 1981 to 2011. Morsi is currently in an undisclosed location.
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Egypt: Army roadblocks halt Morsi supporters
The Egyptian army has created a roadblock with armoured vehicles on the crossing between El Tahrir Street and Kasr Al Nile Bridge in Cairo on Friday. The roundabout where the vehicles have been placed is directly across the river from Tahrir Square, where anti-Morsi demonstrators are holding a protest. The roadblock stops pro-Morsi demonstrators from crossing over to Tahrir Square and meet the oppositionists.
A wave of pro-Morsi protests swept through Cairo after Friday prayers as the Muslim Brotherhood urged advocates to show their support for the ousted president. Tens of thousands streamed into the streets in the capital under the banner the 'Friday of rejection', referring to the announcement on Wednesday night by army chief Abdul Fatah Al Sisi that Egypt's first democratically elected president had been removed by military decree.
Three people are reported to have been killed in gun fires near the Republican Guards HQ in Nasr City on Friday. Muslim Brotherhood have accused the army to be responsible for the deaths, something the army has denied.
Morsi assumed office on June 30, 2012 after mass protests toppled the government of then-president Hosni Mubarak, who ruled from 1981 to 2011. Morsi is currently in an undisclosed location.