President Mohamed Morsi supporters and Muslim Brotherhood members in Cairo hold a large portrait of him as they demonstrate against his toppling at Rabia al-Adawiya mosque on July 7, 2013.
An Egyptian military official says supporters of ousted President Mohamed Morsi have seized two army soldiers in the capital, Cairo.
State news agency MENA quoted the official as saying that armed supporters of Morsi put the Egyptian soldiers, identified as Samir Abdallah Ali and Azzam Hazem Ali, in a car on Monday and forced them Å“to make pro-Morsi and anti-army statements on a loudspeaker.”
Dozens of Morsi supporters were killed and hundreds more wounded in an attack on a sit-in outside the Republican Guard headquarters in the capital on Monday.
Muslim Brotherhood says over 50 people, including five children, died in the attack.
Meanwhile, Egyptâ„¢s judicial authorities have ordered the closure of Muslim Brotherhood headquarters in Cairo after security forces allegedly found arms inside the building.
Police found Å“flammable liquid, knives and arms to be used against the June 30 protests,” an Egyptian security official said on condition of anonymity.
Muslim Brotherhood political arm, the Freedom and Justice Party, has called for Å“an uprising by the great people of Egypt against those trying to steal their revolution with tanks.”
Egyptâ„¢s Nour Party has withdrawn from talks over the new government in response to the Ëœmassacreâ„¢ of the protesters.
The Strong Egypt Party has also condemned the killings, saying General Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, the head of Egyptâ„¢s army, is responsible for the deadly incident.
Leading opposition figure Mohammad ElBaradei has censured the killings and urged for an independent investigation into the incident.
Å“Violence is not the approach no matter what its source, and it must be strongly condemned. I call for an immediate independent and transparent investigation. Egypt is in dire need of reconciliation,” ElBaradei posted on Twitter.
The violence has also prompted condemnation by the Turkish government and the Palestinian resistance movement Hamas.
On July 3, General Sisi announced that President Morsi was no longer in office.
The chief justice of Egyptâ„¢s Supreme Constitutional Court, Adli Mansour, was sworn in as interim president of Egypt on July 4.
Strong Egypt Party leader Abdel Moneim Abul Fotouh has called on the interim president to step down.
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Republished with permission from: Press TV