Morsi supporters hold fresh protests in Cairo

August 13, 2013 22:20

Supporters of deposed Egyptian president Mohamed Morsi protested outside several ministries today in further defiance of a government ultimatum to dismantle their sprawling Cairo protest camps.

Police fired tear gas to break up brief clashes that erupted between Morsi loyalists and residents of a central Cairo neighbourhood, AFP correspondents reported.

The confrontations began when dozens of religious scholars affiliated with Morsi's Muslim Brotherhood entered the religious endowments ministry and were ordered out by police, a security official said.

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