Last Modified: 18 Aug 2013 12:48
Protesters are preparing to return to the streets of Egypt following calls for fresh demonstrations against the interim, military-backed government.
The new protests were called by the Anti-Coup Alliance, which includes the Muslim Brotherhood, following violence on Friday and the end of a tense standoff with protesters at a Cairo mosque.
The AP news agency said the security had been increased on Sunday around the the supreme Constitutional Court building in southern Cairo, in anticipation of the protests.
Meanwhile, Egypt's interim Cabinet was understood to be holding a closed meeting to discuss the crisis in the country. Adly Mansour, the interim president, has put forward a proposal to legally dissolve the Brotherhood.
International criticism of bloodshed in recent days has mounted, with Germany and Qatar jointly condemning the "brutal violence" and Ban Ki-moon, the UN chief, urging "maximum restraint" and "de-escalation" at what he termed a "dangerous moment" for Egypt.
The foreign minister, Nabil Fahmy, had earlier said on Egyptian TV that measures had to be taken "confront terror against the people".
The siege of the Fateh Mosque near Ramses Square began on Friday, with security forces surrounding the building where anti-coup protesters were sheltering and trying to convince them to leave.
They had lined up the bodies of dozens of people killed on Friday inside the mosque-turned-morgue.
By Saturday afternoon, the situation turned violent, with witness accounts at the scene saying armed men inside the mosque were trading fire with police outside.
Police eventually dragged people from inside the mosque, shooting in the air to hold back residents who tried to attack supporters of the Brotherhood with sticks and iron bars.
Both outside the mosque and in other parts of Cairo, residents targeted those suspected of being part of the Brotherhood, often for no more than wearing a beard or a veil.
The tense siege came at the end of Friday of Anger demonstrations called by supporters of ousted President Mohamed Morsi that left at least 173 people dead across the country, including 95 in the capital and 25 in Alexandria.
Among those killed on Friday was a son of Mohamed Badie, the supreme guide of the Brotherhood.
The Interior Ministry said it had arrested 1,004 Brotherhood "elements" during the unrest, and on Saturday security sources said the brother of Ayman al-Zawahiri, the al-Qaeda chief, had been detained. - sumber
liveblog berkaitan di siniThey had lined up the bodies of dozens of people killed on Friday inside the mosque-turned-morgue.
By Saturday afternoon, the situation turned violent, with witness accounts at the scene saying armed men inside the mosque were trading fire with police outside.
Police eventually dragged people from inside the mosque, shooting in the air to hold back residents who tried to attack supporters of the Brotherhood with sticks and iron bars.
Both outside the mosque and in other parts of Cairo, residents targeted those suspected of being part of the Brotherhood, often for no more than wearing a beard or a veil.
The tense siege came at the end of Friday of Anger demonstrations called by supporters of ousted President Mohamed Morsi that left at least 173 people dead across the country, including 95 in the capital and 25 in Alexandria.
Among those killed on Friday was a son of Mohamed Badie, the supreme guide of the Brotherhood.
The Interior Ministry said it had arrested 1,004 Brotherhood "elements" during the unrest, and on Saturday security sources said the brother of Ayman al-Zawahiri, the al-Qaeda chief, had been detained. - sumber
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