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Mohamed ElBaradei, a leading opposition advocate of reform,
accused Morsi's supporters of a "vicious and deliberate" attack against
peaceful demonstrators.
"We hold President Morsi and his government completely responsible
for the violence that is happening in Egypt today," he said. "A regime that
is not able to protect its people and is siding with his own sect, [and] thugs
is a regime that lost its legitimacy and is leading Egypt into violence and
bloodshed."
The opposition is demanding Morsi rescind decrees giving him near
unrestricted powers and shelve a disputed draft constitution his Muslim
Brotherhood allies passed last week.
The political crisis has divided Egypt. Islamists and an opposition
made up of youth groups, liberal parties and large sectors of the public
have dug in their heels, signalling a protracted standoff.
The latest clashes began when thousands of Islamist supporters of
Morsi descended on the area around the palace where some 300 of his
opponents were staging a sit-in. Members of the Brotherhood chased the
protesters away from outside the main gate and tore down their tents. The
protesters fled into side streets where they chanted anti-Morsi slogans.
After a lull in fighting, hundreds of young Morsi opponents arrived
and began throwing firebombs at the president's backers, who responded
with rocks.
No casualties were immediately reported but witnesses said they saw
several bloodied protesters. Several opposition groups said they were
calling on their supporters to head to the palace.
"I voted for Morsi to get rid of Hosni Mubarak. I now regret it,"
Nadia el-Shafie yelled at Brotherhood supporters from a side street. "God
is greater than you. Don't think this power or authority will add anything
to you. God made this revolution, not you."
By nightfall, there were about 10,000 Morsi supporters outside the
palace. They erected metal barricades to keep traffic off a stretch of road
that runs parallel to the palace in Heliopolis district. Some of them
appeared to plan staging their own sit-in.