CNN - This Just In, Mohammad Morsi

Morsy arrested, Muslim Brotherhood spokesman says

• Egypt's top military leader announces Wednesday night that President Mohamed Morsy has been removed from power
• Head of Egypt's constitutional court will be temporary president until new constitution is drawn up and new elections can be held
• The military demanded that Morsy share power with opponents after anti-government protests
• Morsy, elected last year, refused to comply; mass protests continue to support him
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– Morsy was arrested by presidential guards at their headquarters, and is being "cut off" from the world, El-Haddad told CNN. "They cut all his access, all his calls. No one is meeting him," the spokesman said.
– Members of Morsy's presidential team also were arrested, El-Haddad said.
– The head of Egypt's Freedom and Justice Party and the deputy leader of the Muslim Brotherhood also were arrested, according to El-Haddad.
– El-Haddad told CNN he understands that hundreds of names have been put on an "arrest list," but "I can't confirm any arrests apart from these."
[Updated at 8:03 p.m. ET, 2:03 a.m. in Egypt] Muslim Brotherhood spokesman Gehad El-Haddad just confirmed his account of Morsy's arrest to CNN by phone.
Presidential guards arrested Morsy at the guards' headquarters, El-Haddad told CNN. He described it as "house arrest." He added that Morsy's presidential team was "entirely put under arrest as well."
[Updated at 7:42 p.m. ET, 1:42 a.m. in Egypt] Morsy is "under house arrest," as are most members of the presidential team, according to a post on Muslim Brotherhood spokesman Gehad El-Haddad's Twitter account.

Labels: Chaos, Conflict, Crisis Politics, Egypt, Muslim Brotherhood

posted by Pieface @ Wednesday, July 03, 2013