Mursi Critics Gather for Protest as 8 Killed in Clashes

Egyptians massed by the tens of thousands to demand President Mohamed Mursi’s ouster while the Islamist leader’s backers gathered at a dueling rally, stoking fears of a conflagration of violence after days of deadly clashes.

In scenes reminiscent of the uprising that ousted Hosni Mubarak in 2011, thousands streamed into Cairo’s Tahrir Square and elsewhere across Egypt, saying they were determined to reclaim control of a revolution whose goals have been trampled to cement the power of Mursi’s Muslim Brotherhood supporters. Fueling the anguish are economic woes that have sent Egypt’s growth plummeting to one of its lowest points in two decades.