The Egyptian military has reportedly informed President Mohammed Morsi that he was no longer head of state after nearly seven months of protests against the leader.
The military reportedly deployed tanks and troops in Cairo and other Egyptian cities, restricted Morsi’s travel, and convened and emergency meeting of civilian and religious leaders, according to the New York Times.
The leaders reportedly met to conceive an interim government and plan an election to replace Morsi.
The head of the Constitutional Court was named the interim head of state, reports Telegraph. Morsi was moved to an undisclosed location.
Egypt’s streets have been recently flooded with countless protesters and demonstrators, demanding Morsi’s removal. Morsi, who took power last year, was the country’s first democratically-elected president.
Morsi’s affiliation with the Muslim Brotherhood has been a source of discontent among many Egyptians.
In a statement on Wednesday signed by multiple Egyptian organizations who support the demonstrations, recent attacks on Morsi’s supporters and Muslim Brotherhood offices were discouraged, according to Ahramonline
However, it said, the attacks would not have occurred if the Brotherhood and affiliated parties had not tried to “suppress their political opponents and were it not for the utter lack of accountability for acts of violence, torture and murder committed by Muslim Brotherhood supporters.”
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