Morsi supporters pledge to stand firm after massacre No one's going anywhere, say protesters camped outside mosque in east Cairo after at least 65 killed in nearby street
Supporters of the overthrown Egyptian president Mohamed Morsi have pledged to maintain their weeks-old sit-in in east Cairo, despite the massacre of scores of their comrades by state officials on Saturday . At least 65 pro-Morsi protesters were shot dead during an eight-hour attack by police officers and armed men dressed in civilian clothes. An ambulance official said the death toll was 72; the Muslim Brotherhood said 66 had died and a further 61 were braindead in hospital. "No one's going anywhere," said Abdel-Rahman Daour, one of several spokespeople at the sit-in outside the Rabaa al-Adawiya mosque. "We either have freedom or we die. We're not going to live in a country without freedom." Tens of thousands of Morsi supporters have camped outside the mosque since late June when the president's overthrow began to seem likely. Egypt 's interior minister has made it clear that he intends to clear Rabaa as soon as possible, an...