Cairo: At least 82 Egyptians have been wounded in clashes between liberal opposition activists and thousands of Muslim Brotherhood supporters rallying outside the Supreme Court in central Cairo.
The Muslim Brotherhood staged protest, demanding “the cleansing of the judiciary but opposition activists fear the Muslim Brotherhood seeks to purge many judges so Islamists can install new ones more supportive of their agenda.
A government-penned draft bill has also been under preparation, and a Brotherhood official’s comments fueled fears that as many as a quarter of Egypt’s over 13,000 judges and prosecution officials may be sent into retirement.
As some Islamists moved toward Cairo’s Tahrir Square, they were met by anti-Mursi youth a few blocks from the square, some of them in masks. It was not clear who started the clashes, but it led to both sides pelting each other with stones. One bus was seen set on fire. The sound of birdshot cracked through the air in the clashes, and tear gas was fired – even though there were no police nearby.
A court also overturned Mursi’s calling of parliamentary polls for this month, ruling that he had ratified a new electoral law without consulting the constitutional court.
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