Egypt’s cabinet is set to discuss the crisis in the country, where hundreds have died in clashes in recent days.
The interim prime minister has put forward a proposal to legally dissolve the Muslim Brotherhood, BBC reports.
Its members are key supporters of Mohammed Morsi, whose ousting as president sparked Egypt’s stand-off.
The interim government is continuing to crack down on protests by the
Brotherhood, but more demonstrations are planned around Cairo on
Sunday.
Overnight, television pictures showed protesters on the streets of
Egypt’s second largest city, Alexandria, and in Helwan and Minya to the
south of Cairo, in defiance of an overnight curfew.
On Saturday Egypt’s security forces cleared the al-Fath mosque in
Cairo after a long stand-off with Muslim Brotherhood supporters
barricaded inside.
The confrontation at the mosque continued for most of Saturday – with
exchanges of gunfire between protesters and security forces, who were
cheered on by crowds outside.
The Brotherhood has called for daily demonstrations since a crackdown
on its protest camps in Cairo on Wednesday left hundreds of people
dead. Further clashes on Friday killed at least another 173 people
across the country.
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