EGYPT: Supporters of deposed President Mohamed Mursi march in Alexandria demanding the fall of the rule of Egypt's military

Record ID: 861054

  • Title: EGYPT: Supporters of deposed President Mohamed Mursi march in Alexandria demanding the fall of the rule of Egypt's military
  • Date: 11th July 2013
  • Summary: ALEXANDRIA, EGYPT (JULY 10, 2013) (REUTERS) ++NIGHT SHOTS ++ TOP VIEW OF PRO-MURSI RALLY TOP VIEW OF PRO-MURSI SUPPORTERS HOLDING FLAGS AND POSTER OF MURSI PROTESTERS CHANTING IN ARABIC: 'They killed our brothers during prayers' TOP VIEW OF RALLY PROTESTERS MARCHING (SOUNDBITE) (Arabic) SUPPORTER OF DEPOSED PRESIDENT, AHMED OTHMAN, SAYING: "We protest today to demand the fall of military rule that is trying to come back and bring back its stooges again. Remnants of the former (Hosni Mubarak) regime seem to have a strong and vicious campaign in the works." VARIOUS OF SUPPORTERS MARCHING, HOLDING POSTERS OF MURSI AND CHANTING SUPPORTERS MARCHING AND CLAPPING TO THE ARABIC SONG "Egypt is an Islamic country"
  • Embargoed: 26th July 2013 13:00
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  • Location: Egypt
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  • Country: Egypt
  • Topics: General,Politics
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  • Story Text: Hundreds of supporters determined to restore deposed president Mohamed Mursi's leadership marched in Egypt's second city on Wednesday (July 10).
    The thousands across the country still fighting for Mursi's legitimacy and the military's crack down on Muslim Brotherhood leaders it blames for inciting a clash in Cairo in which troops shot and killed 53 protesters, has threatened to stall Egypt's transition plans.
    Monday's (July 8) violence between supporters of Mursi, Egypt's first freely elected leader toppled by the army last week, and soldiers at a military compound has opened deep fissures in the Arab world's most populous country.
    On Wednesday, Egypt's public prosecutor ordered the arrest of Muslim Brotherhood leader Mohamed Badie and several other senior Islamists, evoking memories of when the movement was repressed under autocratic former Egyptian leader Hosni Mubarak, who was ousted in 2011.
    But supporter Ahmed Othman said they will continue demonstrating until military rule has fallen.
    "We protest today to demand the fall of military rule that is trying to come back and bring back its stooges again. Remnants of the former (Hosni Mubarak) regime seem to have a strong and vicious campaign in the works," he said.
    Mursi's Muslim Brotherhood called for protest marches on Friday (July 12), when noon prayers are held in mosques, raising the risk of more violence after fighting between rival factions swept Egypt last week and killed 35 people.
    Separately, the youth-led Tamarud group, which coordinated the mass protests against Mursi centred in Cairo's Tahrir Square, invited its followers to rally there, also on Friday, in a festive celebration of the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan.
    Ramadan, normally a time of celebration, falls this year under the dark shadow of a crisis that has left Egyptian society more divided than at any time in its modern history.
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