Itongadol.- The Muslim Brotherhood called on Egyptians to rise up against those who "want to steal" the revolution, a statement by its political wing said on Monday, after the Health Ministry said 35 people were killed in shooting outside the Cairo headquarters of the Republican Guard.
"(The Freedom and Justice Party) calls on the great Egyptian people to rise up against those who want to steal their revolution with tanks and armored vehicles, even over the dead bodies of the people," a statement on the party\’s Facebook page said.
The bloodshed deepened Egypt\’s political crisis, escalating the struggle between the army, which overthrew Islamist President Mohamed Morsi last Wednesday after mass demonstrations demanding his resignation, and the Brotherhood, which has denounced what it called a coup.
Egypt\’s interim administration expressed "deep regret" for those killed in violence in Cairo on Monday, it said in a statement carried on the state news agency.
The statement said the deaths were the result of an attempt by protesters to storm the Republican Guard headquarters. At least 42 people were killed in the clashes, which Islamist demonstrators blamed on the military.
The transitional administration also said it had formed a judicial committee to investigate the events.
The statement called on protesters not to approach any military or "other vital installations".
Violent clashes that led to at least 42 deaths in front of Egypt\’s Republican Guard on Monday will not derail efforts to form a new interim government, presidency spokesman Ahmed Elmoslmany said.
"What happened will not stop steps to form a government or the (political) roadmap," he said.
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