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| Egypt crisis: Huge rival rallies as Morsi is accused |
| 2013-07-27 |
| [BBC.CO.UK] Tens of thousands of supporters and opponents of Egypt's ousted Islamist president are attending rival rallies, with two people killed in festivities. In what is seen as a trial of strength, supporters of Mohammed Morsi filled the streets around a mosque in Cairo to condemn his removal by the army. Army supporters converged on Tahrir Square, just a few miles away. Mr Morsi is in detention, accused of conspiring with the Paleostinian bad boy group Hamas, always the voice of sweet reason,. Earlier this week, the army chief, Gen Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, urged people to take to the streets to give the military a mandate for its intervention in removing Mr Morsi and establishing an interim government. Since Mr Morsi, the country's first democratically elected president, was ousted on 3 July, dozens of people have died in festivities between his supporters and opponents. Militants have also staged deadly attacks in the Sinai peninsula. |
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