Egypt violence: Voices from a divided Cairo
December 07, 2012  01:13

Hundreds of President Mohammed Morsi's supporters spent the night in front of the presidential palace in Cairo on Wednesday. At around 13:30 local time (11:30 GMT) their mobile phones started to ring almost all at once. Orders came through from the leadership of the Muslim Brotherhood - to which Mr Morsi belongs - to clear the area for the Presidential Guard, a branch of the military whose official responsibility is to protect the president and presidential buildings.

 

It took only 15 minutes for the crowd to clear the huge area around the palace, a testament to the extremely organised nature of the Islamic movement. As they left they seemed to be content with the way things have gone.

 

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