The Egyptian army has deployed tanks outside the presidential palace in Cairo Thursday following clashes between opponents and supporters of President Mohamed Morsi that have killed five people.
The army has stationed at least five tanks and two other armored vehicles outside the presidential complex. More than 350 people have been injured in the Egyptian capital during the two days of violence.
Reporting from the scene, VOA correspondent Elizabeth Arrott said the violence started Wednesday when Mr. Morsi's Islamist supporters attacked opposition demonstrators angered by the president's decree issued last month.
Arrott said most of the presidential supporters were men with beards, typical of members of the Islamist Muslim Brotherhood, while opponents of the president appeared younger and included some women.