Tens of thousands of people have taken to the streets in an all-out push to force Egypt?s president from office.
Crowds congregated in Cairo?s Tahrir Square and in cities across the country to demand the removal of Mohammed Morsi, who was elected only a year ago.
But thousands of Islamists gathered outside a Cairo mosque in a show of support for the leader ? carrying shields and clubs that they claimed were precautions against possible violence.
One person was killed and more than two dozen injured in fighting between supporters and opponents of Mr Morsi in the Nile city of Beni Suef, south of Cairo, security sources said.
Further bloody clashes were feared as tensions rose, with some of Mr Morsi?s followers describing the protesters as infidels and enemies of God.
They say street demonstrations must not be allowed to unseat a president who won a legitimate election after autocrat Hosni Mubarak was ousted from power in 2011.
Mr Morsi and his backers have forced through a constitution they largely wrote and given religious extremists a free hand while failing to address the country?s problems, it is claimed.
?I came here today because Morsi did not accomplish any of the revolution?s goals,? said seafood company manager Suliman Mohammed, one of about 100,000 people in Tahrir Square.
?I don?t need anything for myself, but the needs of the poor were not met.?
A defiant Mr Morsi said he had no plans to step down.
?If we change someone in office who was elected according to constitutional legitimacy, there will soon be people opposing the new president, too,? he said.
?A week or a month later, they will ask him to step down. There is no room for any talk against this constitutional legitimacy.?
Source: http://metro.co.uk/2013/06/30/egypt-protesters-flood-streets-to-demand-presidents-removal-3863173/
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