MOSCOW, February 3 (RIA Novosti) - Egypt's
key opposition bloc has supported calls for President Mohamed Morsi to resign
amid continuing protests across the country a day after clashes in the capital
Cairo left one person dead and dozens injured, media reported.
According to Saturday’s statement from the
National Salvation Front quoted by Al Jazeera, “the Salvation Front completely
sides with the people and its active forces' calls to topple the authoritarian
regime and the Muslim Brotherhood's control.”
At least one person was killed and over 50
injured, including five police officers, as police clashed with protesters
outside the capital’s presidential palace on Friday evening. Police reportedly
fired tear gas and protesters threw stones.
TV footage showed police beating a naked
man. Egypt’s authorities said Saturday they regretted the beating, saying it was
“an isolated act.”
© AFP 2013 Al-Hayat TV
An image grab taken from Al-Hayat TV shows Egyptian riot
policemen beating an unidentified semi-naked man during clashes with protesters
outside the presidential palace on February 1, 2013
The clashes followed a week of violence
that left dozens of people dead.
The opposition has distanced itself from
the violence and called on protesters to show restraint.
Seven months into his presidency, Morsi,
Egypt's first freely-elected civilian president
after a revolution that ousted Hosni Mubarak two years ago, stands accused of
betraying his election campaign promises by consolidating the rule of the Muslim
Brotherhood and of failing to become a leader of all Egyptians.
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