The Egyptian army on Wednesday evening announced that President Mohamed Morsi was no longer president.
Ahram Online, a state-run media newspaper, reported Egyptian army General Abdel Fattah al-Sisi made the announcement. The paper quoted sources close to the matter.
Social media accounts said that when the move was made, crowds of protesters erupted in cheers.
Egyptian troops were deployed to the presidential palace in Cairo on Wednesday after a military deadline failed to result in a tangible agreement between Morsi and anti-government activists.
To replace him, the chief of constitutional court will be the interim leader.
The army leader also said that the country’s constitution was suspended.
Some claimed that the military’s sacking of Morsi was a coup.
“For the sake of Egypt and for historical accuracy, let’s call what is happening by its real name: Military coup,” Essam al Haddad, Morsi’s national security adviser, said in a statement obtained by Sky News.
