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flees as angry crowd storms Cairo palace in clash with riot police
Protesters broke through police lines and barbed wire barricades in front of the presidential palace, with riot police responding with tear gas.
To avoid further confrontation police forces then reportedly retreated, allowing the demonstrators to move closer to the palace.
Thousands of demonstrators marched to the palace in protest of Morsi's decree which grants him near absolute powers, and a draft constitution which was quickly adopted by his allies.
"The revolution was ended by these people. We are not fighting for a new revolution, but simply want but what we struggled for. This is a continuity from January 2011," Shimaa Helmy, a human right activist, told RT.
The march came as no surprise – earlier on Tuesday, demonstrators warned they would approach the palace if action was not taken.
"This is the last warning before we lay siege on the presidential palace," 21-year-old protester Mahmoud Hashim told AP. "We want the presidential decrees cancelled."
A crowd of several hundred protesters also gathered outside a mosque in the Abbasiyah district earlier in the day shouting, "Freedom or we die! Mohammed Morsi! Illegitimate! Brotherhood! Illegitimate!"
Demonstrators assembled in front of Morsi's residence shouting, "Down with the sons of dogs. We are the power and we are the people!"
Morsi has called for a nationwide referendum on the draft constitution on December 15.
A woman stands near barbed wire in front of the presidential palace in Cairo, December 4, 2012. (Reuters / Mohamed Abd El Ghany)
Egyptian protesters demonstrate outside the presidential palace in Cairo, December 4, 2012. (Reuters / Mohamed Abd El Ghany)
Anti-Mursi protesters run from smoke from a tear gas canister thrown by riot police, during clashes in front of the presidential palace in Cairo, December 4, 2012. (Reuters / Amr Dalsh)
An anti-Mursi protester damages a riot police vehivle during a demonstration in front of the presidential palace in Cairo, December 4, 2012. (Reuters / Amr Dalsh)
Protesters chant anti-Mursi slogans in front of the presidential palace in Cairo, December 4, 2012. (Reuters / Amr Dalsh)
An anti-Mursi protester takes a photo of a riot police van with tear gas smoke coming out of it during clashes in front of the presidential palace in Cairo, December 4, 2012. (Reuters / Amr Dalsh)
Egypt's
President, Mohammed Morsi, has been forced to flee his Cairo
residence by a wild mob demanding an end to his rule. Riot police
have struggled to keep crowds from storming the leader's palace and
fired tear gas at protesters. Bel Trew has been at the heart of the
action
RT,
4
December, 2012
Egyptian
riot police have fired tear gas at protesters demonstrating against
President Mohamed Morsi near the presidential palace in Cairo. At
least 18 people have been injured in violent clashes.
Presidential sources
say Morsi left the palace as the crowd started getting out of
control.Protesters broke through police lines and barbed wire barricades in front of the presidential palace, with riot police responding with tear gas.
To avoid further confrontation police forces then reportedly retreated, allowing the demonstrators to move closer to the palace.
Thousands of demonstrators marched to the palace in protest of Morsi's decree which grants him near absolute powers, and a draft constitution which was quickly adopted by his allies.
"The revolution was ended by these people. We are not fighting for a new revolution, but simply want but what we struggled for. This is a continuity from January 2011," Shimaa Helmy, a human right activist, told RT.
The march came as no surprise – earlier on Tuesday, demonstrators warned they would approach the palace if action was not taken.
"This is the last warning before we lay siege on the presidential palace," 21-year-old protester Mahmoud Hashim told AP. "We want the presidential decrees cancelled."
A crowd of several hundred protesters also gathered outside a mosque in the Abbasiyah district earlier in the day shouting, "Freedom or we die! Mohammed Morsi! Illegitimate! Brotherhood! Illegitimate!"
Demonstrators assembled in front of Morsi's residence shouting, "Down with the sons of dogs. We are the power and we are the people!"
Morsi has called for a nationwide referendum on the draft constitution on December 15.
A woman stands near barbed wire in front of the presidential palace in Cairo, December 4, 2012. (Reuters / Mohamed Abd El Ghany)
Egyptian protesters demonstrate outside the presidential palace in Cairo, December 4, 2012. (Reuters / Mohamed Abd El Ghany)
Anti-Mursi protesters run from smoke from a tear gas canister thrown by riot police, during clashes in front of the presidential palace in Cairo, December 4, 2012. (Reuters / Amr Dalsh)
An anti-Mursi protester damages a riot police vehivle during a demonstration in front of the presidential palace in Cairo, December 4, 2012. (Reuters / Amr Dalsh)
Protesters chant anti-Mursi slogans in front of the presidential palace in Cairo, December 4, 2012. (Reuters / Amr Dalsh)
An anti-Mursi protester takes a photo of a riot police van with tear gas smoke coming out of it during clashes in front of the presidential palace in Cairo, December 4, 2012. (Reuters / Amr Dalsh)
From
al Jazeera
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