Thousands demand Morsi reinstatement

Thousands of supporters of deposed president Mohamed Morsi took to the streets of Egyptian cities yesterday to demand the reinstatement of the Islamist leader.

However, Egypt’s armed forces, which shunted the country’s first freely elected president from office less than three weeks ago, looked in no mood to make concessions, putting on a show of force in the hazy skies above Cairo.

Eight fighter jets screamed over the sun-baked city in the morning and afternoon, while two formations of helicopters, some trailing the Egyptian flag, hummed over the roof tops.