At least 10 people have been wounded as scuffles break out in Cairo between supporters and opponents of Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi over the acquittal of former regime's officials.

Thousands of people gathered at Tahrir [Liberation] Square on Friday to condemn the acquittal of former regime's officials, prosecuted over “camel charges” that symbolized the most violent incidents during uprising against former president Hosni Mubarak in February 2011, Reuters reported.

On Wednesday, the Cairo Criminal Court acquitted the organizers of the infamous camel-borne assault on revolutionaries.

All of the 24 defendants, who are loyalists of ousted Egyptian dictator Mubarak, were found not guilty after the court "did not find any material evidence to convict” them.

On Friday, demonstrators also converged in Alexandria, the second Egyptian city, where President Morsi said: “We won't let anyone involved in corruption get away.”


He called on the protesters not to disrupt the country’s social affairs. In response, some protestors shouted: "The people want the judiciary purged."

The Muslim Brotherhood had called for massive turnout in the Tahrir rally to condemn the ruling.

The Egyptian president on Thursday sacked the country’s prosecutor general Abdel Meguid Mahmud.

Morsi had issued a presidential decree appointing Mahmud, considered a remnant of the previous regime, as the country’s envoy to the Vatican.

A presidential spokesperson said that the decision to remove Mahmud from his position was in direct response to the demands of the Egyptian people.

The Egyptians launched the revolution against the pro-Israeli regime in January 2011, which eventually brought an end to Mubarak’s 30-year-long dictatorship in February. About 900 protesters were killed in the violence.
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