Egypt police fail to start operation to disperse pro-Mursi camps [View all]
Source: Reuters
(Reuters) - Egyptian security forces held off on Monday from launching operations to disperse Islamist supporters of deposed President Mohamed Mursi that officials had said would start at dawn.
Security sources and a government official had said police would take initial action against Muslim Brotherhood sit-ins in two areas of Cairo early on Monday to end a six-week street standoff between crowds demanding Mursi's reinstatement and the government installed after the army toppled him on July 3.
It was not clear whether police would start a risky and potentially bloody confrontation with thousands of supporters of Egypt's first democratically elected president later in the day.
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One security source said action against the protesters had been delayed because larger crowds had arrived at the protest camps after news broke that a crackdown was imminent.
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