CAIRO: The violence that began when Muslim Brotherhood supporters attacked a peaceful sit-in of anti-President Mohamed Morsi protesters on Wednesday afternoon is continuing into the early morning hours on Thursday. The violence has left many in the country shocked, with other cities also seeing violence as Brotherhood and Morsi supporters have battled with anti-Morsi protesters in Alexandria, Suez, Ismailia as well as Cairo. The violence has seen hundreds of injured and appears to see no let up in site. Human rights lawyer and former presidential candidate Khaled Said told ONTV's Yousri Fouda that he has observed live ammunition fired at anti-Morsi protesters by the Brotherhood. The grandson of former Brotherhood Supreme Guide Hassan el-Houdaibi, Ibrahim el-Houdabi, was reported to have said the violent attack by the Brotherhood to disperse protesters was orchestrated and called for by top Brotherhood leader and businessman Khairat el-Shater. Egyptian activists and political groups confirmed the death of two anti-President Mohamed Morsi protesters around the Presidential Palace after Muslim Brotherhood members and supporters attacked the two and killed them. A third protester was pronounced dead early Thursday morning at a local hospital. The two murdered protesters are Karam Gerges and Mohamed Essam. Activists shared photos of the two dead men with blood covering their faces and bodies. Al-Tayar Al-Shaabi, the popular current revolutionary movement confirmed the protesters death. The armed Brotherhood supporters were reported to have used knives, broken glass, Molotov cocktails, rubber bullets and live ammunition to disperse the opposition sit-in that followed a massive protest outside the presidential palace late on Tuesday, calling for Morsi to step down. Over 200 people have been injured as Muslim Brotherhood supporters continue to attack Egyptian activists who had been protesting against President Mohamed Morsi. On Tuesday evening, hundreds of thousands of Egyptians took to the country's streets calling for an end to Morsi's regime. Reuters news agency said that as many as 25 million Egyptians across the country were on the streets denouncing Morsi and his policies. Protesters in Tahrir told Bikyamasr.com that they are “here to stay" until Morsi has withdrawn his presidential decree issued on November 22 that gave him powers above judicial review. Others said this was the revolution “continuing." A march to the palace continues to grow on Tuesday night, with the chanting loud and boisterous. “We want the downfall of the regime," is being screamed, in unison, toward the house that Morsi has lived in since early July. He reportedly fled the area as the protesters arrived and clashed with police. A number of police have since joined the protesters in their march, an eery remembrance to the police who also joined the anti-Hosni Mubarak demonstrations in January and February 2011. Even the country's state television has joined the propaganda train to support their embattled president, calling the protesters supporters of a “foreign agenda." The same channels that also told Egyptians the same things during the January 25 uprising. The chants, “the people want the downfall of the regime," is echoing throughout Cairo near Morsi's residence in what activists and citizens have described as a “revolution in the making." The march to the palace comes less than two weeks after Morsi issued a presidential decree that gives him powers above judiciary review, which activists have called a power grab. The boisterous march, dubbed the “Last Warning" was seen by many as the final attempt to open dialogue between the left and the conservative Morsi regime. Tens of thousands have also gathered in Cairo's Tahrir Square to continue their demonstration calling for an end to dictatorship. All this also comes on the heels of a draft constitution, which was pushed through by Morsi and the Constituent Assembly tasked with its writing on Friday. A referendum has been set for December 15. But that draft has left many fearful over the future of Egypt and has increased calls for more forceful protests to force Morsi to withdraw the decree and restart the drafting process of the constitution, which has seen women, liberal groups and unions remove themselves from the process. One activist, sitting at a local cafe watching the protest, told Bikyamasr.com that “this is the final days of Morsi. It feels a lot like February 2011. I just hope the army doesn't come in. We can handle change without them."
