Morsi supporters demonstrating in Cairo

Morsi supporters demonstrating in Cairo
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Summary This week more than 50 pro-Morsi protesters were killed in a clash with the military.

 

CAIRO (AP) - Thousands of supporters of Egypt s Muslim Brotherhood are demonstrating in a Cairo square, waving pictures of ousted president Mohammed Morsi.

 

They re chanting anti-military slogans, calling the army chief a traitor. He led the military s removal of Morsi from office last week.

 

The unseating of Morsi followed demonstrations by millions of Egyptians against his rule. It was a bitter blow to the Brotherhood, which won a string of ballots, including Morsi s election as president.

 

One speaker at the Friday demonstration pledged to stay on the streets until Morsi is reinstated.

 

"We are ready to stay for a month, two months, a year or even two years," ultraconservative Islamist Salafi cleric Safwat Hegazi told protesters.
 

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