Thirteen injured in fresh clashes between Morsi supporters, opponents

Cars burn as supporters and opponents of Egyptian President Mohamed 

Morsi clash in Alexandria, December 14, 2012.

Fri Dec 14, 2012

Thirteen people have been injured after fresh clashes erupted 

between supporters and opponents of Egyptian President 

Mohamed Morsi in the second largest city of Alexandria.

Tensions flared in Alexandria on Friday after Morsi supporters torched a vehicle outside a mosque in the center of the Mediterranean city. 

The fracas ended after police intervened and several people were arrested. 

Following the incident, protesters marched and chanted anti-Morsi slogans, calling for the president to step down. “We want the downfall of the regime,” they chanted. 

Meanwhile, supporters of the embattled president held rallies in Cairo where the opponents are also holding eleventh-hour demonstrations against a national referendum on the country’s draft constitution championed by Morsi.

The opposition coalition of liberals and leftists, known as the National Salvation Front, has expressed “deep concerns” over the president’s decision to push ahead with the vote, and called for a week of protests to cancel the “divisive” plebiscite. 

Opposition leaders Mohammed ElBaradei and Hamdeen Sabbahi have rejected the new constitution, saying that it fails to represent all Egyptians. 

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