Low turnout for pro-Morsi rallies in Egypt

August 24, 2013 01:48

Egypt's military turned out in force as thousands calling for the ousted president's reinstatement held scattered protests across Cairo, but the Muslim Brotherhood failed to bring out huge numbers in a sign that an intense crackdown has dealt a serious blow to the 85-year-old group's support base.

In a day dubbed the "Friday of Martyrs," Islamists in groups of hundreds chanted against the military and held up posters of deposed leader Mohammed Morsi on side streets and outside neighbourhood mosques. At least one person was killed in clashes in the Delta city of Tanta, but there was no major fighting.

Thousands marched through the streets of Cairo's Nasr City district, some chanting, "We are willing to sacrifice our lives" and "We promise the martyrs that we will end military rule," in reference to the several hundred people that died in clashes with Egypt's military during raids on street camps this month. One man held aloft a picture of Morsi with the words, "the legitimate president."

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