Egyptian military arrested the president of the country Muhammad Mursi

The military of Egypt arrested the first popularly elected president of the country Muhammad Mursi, who was detained on Wednesday evening. According to a senior army official, he was arrested for official charges.

In addition, the Egyptian Security Service at this moment holds mass arrests of members of the Presidential Public Movement of the Muslim Brothers. In particular, the Supreme Leader of this organization Muhammad Badya and his deputies Rashad al-Bayumi and Saad al-Katatany, head of the Freedom and Justice Party formed on the basis of the Muslim Brothers.

After the military’s intervention, at least 14 people died in the conflict and about 50 were injured among both Mursi's supporters and his opponents. Egyptian Minister of Defense, General Abdel-Faty Al-Sisi, on the evening of July 3, addressed the people with television appeal, in which he announced that Muhammad Mursi was no longer president of the country. The broadcast of speech on the air was led by al-Jazis.

As the newly elected head of the Constitutional Court of Egypt, Adley Mansur, just became known as a temporary head of state.