Egypt police call on pro-Mursi protesters to disperse

Supporters of Egypt's ousted president Mohamed Mursi chant slogans during a protest outside Rabaah al-Adawiya mosque, where they have installed a camp and hold daily rallies at Nasr City, in Cairo, Egypt on Wednesday, July 31, 2013. Egypt's interior
Supporters of Egypt's ousted president Mohamed Mursi chant slogans during a protest outside Rabaah al-Adawiya mosque, where they have installed a camp and hold daily rallies at Nasr City, in Cairo, Egypt on Wednesday, July 31, 2013. Egypt's interior ministry urged supporters of Mr Mursi on Thursday, Aug 1, 2013, to leave their Cairo protest camps, promising them a safe exit. -- PHOTO: AP

CAIRO (AFP) - Egypt's interior ministry urged supporters of ousted president Mohamed Mursi on Thursday to leave their Cairo protest camps, promising them a "safe exit." The ministry "calls on those in Rabaa al-Adawiya and Nahda squares to let reason and the national interest prevail, and to quicky leave," it said in a statement.

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