Cairo (CNN) -- Egypt's military deposed the country's first
democratically elected president Wednesday night, installing the head of
the country's highest court as an interim leader, the country's top
general announced.
Gen. Abdel-Fatah El-Sisi said the military was
fulfilling its "historic responsibility" to protect the country by
ousting Mohamed Morsy, the Western-educated Islamist leader elected a
year ago. The country's constitution has been suspended, new
parliamentary elections will be held and Adly Mansour, the head of the
country's Supreme Constitutional Court, will replace Morsy, El-Sisi
said.
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