Police fired tear gas Saturday at anti-government protesters who tried to break into the Supreme Court in Cairo, the online edition of the state-run newspaper al-Ahram reported.| Awfully good of us to resupply them with that... |
The Supreme Court building houses the office of the public prosecutor, who was appointed in November by Morsi in a move that circumvented the constitutional process and angered the judiciary, DPA reported.
The protest outside the court was one of several rallies called by April 6 across Egypt to mark its fifth birthday. The group, which backed Morsi's election in June, now accuses him of behaving like a dictator and tightening his Muslim Brotherhood group's grip on power.
April 6 was a driving force in mobilizing mass protests that eventually forced Hosny Mubarak to step down more than two years ago.