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LE CAIRE, Égypte - Le ministère égyptien des Affaires étrangères a déclaré mercredi que le président destitué la semaine dernière, Mohammed Morsi, était gardé dans un lieu sûr et traité «d'une manière très digne».
Le porte-parole du ministère, Badr Abdel-Atti, a affirmé devant les journalistes qu'aucune accusation n'avait été porté contre M. Morsi, renversé par les militaires le 3 juillet après un soulèvement populaire.
M. Abdel-Atti a toutefois précisé que pour la sécurité de M. Morsi et du pays, les autorités devaient le garder en sécurité dans un endroit secret, «parce qu'autrement, les conséquences seront terribles».
Cette déclaration survient alors que les nouvelles autorités du pays ont renforcé les mesures de répression contre les Frères musulmans.
Le procureur général d'Égypte a ordonné mercredi l'arrestation du chef spirituel du mouvement et de neuf autres personnes pour leur rôle allégué dans les violences qui ont coûté la vie à plus de 50 personnes lors d'un affrontement avec les militaires plus tôt cette semaine au Caire.
Le bureau du procureur général a déclaré dans un communiqué qu'il avait émis des mandats d'arrestation visant le «guide suprême» des Frères musulmans, Mohammed Badie, ainsi que son adjoint, Mahmoud Ezzat. Huit autres leaders islamistes sont également visés.
Les leaders islamistes sont soupçonnés d'avoir incité les violences devant l'édifice de la garde républicaine au Caire lundi, qui ont fait 54 morts.
Mohammed Badie est une personnalité révérée parmi les partisans des Frères musulmans, qui lui doivent une obéissance absolue.
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Egypt On Edge
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A supporter of deposed Egyptian president Mohamed Morsi sits near an empty coffins during a fake funeral in the memory of their fellow protesters who died during clashes the day before, on July 9, 2013 as part of a rally in support with Morsi in front of Cairo\'s Rabaa al-Adawiya mosque. Egypt\'s armed forces warned in a statement against any attempt to disrupt the country\'s \'difficult and complex\' transition. (MAHMUD HAMS/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:MAHMUD HAMS/AFP/Getty Images)
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Supporters of deposed Egyptian president Mohamed Morsi hold portraits of him and national flags during a rally on July 9, 2013 outside Cairo\'s Rabaa al-Adawiya mosque. Egypt\'s armed forces warned in a statement against any attempt to disrupt the country\'s \'difficult and complex\' transition. (MAHMUD HAMS/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:MAHMUD HAMS/AFP/Getty Images)
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Supporters of deposed Egyptian president Mohamed Morsi carry an empty coffin during a fake funeral in the memory of their fellow protesters who died during clashes the day before, on July 9, 2013 as part of a rally in support with Morsi in front of Cairo\'s Rabaa al-Adawiya mosque. Egypt\'s armed forces warned in a statement against any attempt to disrupt the country\'s \'difficult and complex\' transition. (MAHMUD HAMS/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:MAHMUD HAMS/AFP/Getty Images)
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Supporters of deposed Egyptian president Mohamed Morsi gather behind empty coffins during a fake funeral in the memory of their fellow protesters who died during clashes the day before, on July 9, 2013 as part of a rally in support with Morsi in front of Cairo\'s Rabaa al-Adawiya mosque. Egypt\'s armed forces warned in a statement against any attempt to disrupt the country\'s \'difficult and complex\' transition. (MAHMUD HAMS/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:MAHMUD HAMS/AFP/Getty Images)
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Supporters of deposed president Mohamed Morsi (on the poster) flash the sign of victory atop a wall during a rally outside the headquarters of the Republican Guard in Cairo on July 9, 2013. Egypt\'s armed forces warned in a statement against any attempt to disrupt the country\'s \'difficult and complex\' transition. (MAHMUD HAMS/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:MAHMUD HAMS/AFP/Getty Images)
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Egyptian supporters of deposed president Mohamed Morsi flash the sign for victory as they shout slogans during a rally in support of the former Islamist leader outside Cairo\'s Rabaa al-Adawiya mosque on July 9, 2013. Egypt\'s interim leader vowed fresh elections by early next year as Islamists staged fresh rallies after dozens of Morsi\'s loyalists died in clashes at a Cairo military barracks. (MAHMUD HAMS/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:MAHMUD HAMS/AFP/Getty Images)
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A supporter of ousted President Mohammed Morsi cries at a protest at the Republican Guard building, where 51 people were killed on Monday, in Nasr City, Cairo, Egypt, Tuesday, July 9, 2013. After days of deadlock, Egypt\'s military-backed interim president named a veteran economist as prime minister on Tuesday and appointed pro-democracy leader Mohamed ElBaradei as a vice president, while the army showed its strong hand in shepherding the process, warning political factions against “maneuvering” that impedes the transition. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar) (credit:AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)
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Supporters of ousted President Mohammed Morsi protest in Nasr City, Cairo, Egypt, Tuesday, July 9, 2013. Egypt\'s army chief says the military will not accept political \"maneuvering,\" in thinly veiled warning to the only Islamist party, Al-Nour, that sided with the army\'s removal of President Mohammed Morsi but has since had frictions with other factions over forming a new leadership.(AP Photo/Nasser Shiyoukhi) (credit:AP Photo/Nasser Shiyoukhi)
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Egyptian supporters of deposed president Mohamed Morsi (portrait) attend a rally in support of the former Islamist leader outside Cairo\'s Rabaa al-Adawiya mosque on July 8, 2013. Forty-two loyalists of Egypt\'s ousted president were killed while demonstrating against last week\'s military coup, triggering an Islamist uprising call and dashing the army\'s hopes for an interim civilian administration. (MAHMUD HAMS/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:MAHMUD HAMS/AFP/Getty Images)
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An Egyptian supporter of deposed president Mohamed Morsi holds a copy of the Koran stained with blood and empty casing as he attends a rally in support of the former Islamist leader outside Cairo\'s Rabaa al-Adawiya mosque on July 8, 2013. Forty-two loyalists of Egypt\'s ousted president were killed while demonstrating against last week\'s military coup, triggering an Islamist uprising call and dashing the army\'s hopes for an interim civilian administration. (MAHMUD HAMS/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:MAHMUD HAMS/AFP/Getty Images)
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Egyptian supporters of deposed president Mohamed Morsi pray during a rally in support of deposed president Mohamed Morsi outside Cairo\'s Rabaa al-Adawiya mosque in Cairo on July 8, 2013. Forty-two loyalists of Egypt\'s ousted president were killed while demonstrating against last week\'s military coup, triggering an Islamist uprising call and dashing the army\'s hopes for an interim civilian administration. (MAHMUD HAMS/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:MAHMUD HAMS/AFP/Getty Images)
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Egyptian supporters of deposed president Mohamed Morsi pray in front of barbed wire fencing that blocks the access to the headquarters of the Republican Guard in Cairo on July 8, 2013. Forty-two loyalists of Egypt\'s ousted president were killed while demonstrating against last week\'s military coup, triggering an Islamist uprising call and dashing the army\'s hopes for an interim civilian administration. (MAHMUD HAMS/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:MAHMUD HAMS/AFP/Getty Images)
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Supporters of the ousted President Mohammed Morsi pray in Nasser City, suburb of Cairo, Egypt, Monday, July 8, 2013. Egyptian soldiers and police opened fire on supporters of the ousted president early Monday in violence that left dozens of people killed, including one officer, outside a military building in Cairo where demonstrators had been holding a sit-in, government officials and witnesses said. (AP Photo/Nasser Shiyoukhi) (credit:AP Photo/Nasser Shiyoukhi)
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Supporters of the ousted President Mohammed Morsi pray in Nasser City, suburb of Cairo, Egypt, Monday, July 8, 2013. Egyptian soldiers and police opened fire on supporters of the ousted president early Monday in violence that left dozens of people killed, including one officer, outside a military building in Cairo where demonstrators had been holding a sit-in, government officials and witnesses said. (AP Photo/Nasser Shiyoukhi) (credit:AP Photo/Nasser Shiyoukhi)
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An Egyptian woman reacts as she sees her wounded son, a supporter of the ousted President Mohammed Morsi, at a hospital in Cairo, Egypt, Monday, July 8, 2013. Egyptian soldiers and police opened fire on supporters of the ousted president early Monday in violence that left dozens of people killed, including one officer, outside the Republican Guard building in Cairo where demonstrators had been holding a sit-in, government officials and witnesses said. (AP Photo/Manu Brabo) (credit:AP Photo/Manu Brabo)
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An Egyptian man cries outside a morgue after carrying the corpse of his brother killed near the Republican Guard building in Cairo, Egypt, Monday, July 8, 2013. Egyptian soldiers and police opened fire on supporters of the ousted president early Monday in violence that left dozens of people killed, including one officer, outside a military building in Cairo where demonstrators had been holding a sit-in, government officials and witnesses said. (AP Photo/Manu Brabo) (credit:AP Photo/Manu Brabo)
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Egyptian army soldiers take their positions near armored vehicles which guard the entrances of Tahrir square, in Cairo, Egypt, Monday, July 8, 2013. Egyptian military officials said gunmen killed at least five supporters of the former president when people tried to storm a military building in Cairo. The official, who declined to be named because he was not authorized to brief reporters, also said a group had tried to storm the headquarters of the Republican Guard. He added that those killed had been supporters of former President Mohammed Morsi camped outside the building in protest at his overthrow. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar) (credit:AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)
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People walk through a market in a working class neighborhood in Cairo on July 7, 2013 in Cairo, Egypt. Egypt continues to be in a state of political paralysis following the ousting of Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi by the military. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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A girl walks through a street in a working class neighborhood in Cairo on July 7, 2013 in Cairo, Egypt. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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Old Egyptian and foreign stamps are viewed in a window of a Cairo stamp shop July 7, 2013 in Cairo, Egypt. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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A woman walks through a street in a working class neighborhood in Cairo on July 7, 2013 in Cairo, Egypt. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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A woman walks through a street in a working class neighborhood in Cairo on July 7, 2013 in Cairo, Egypt. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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A supporter of Egypt\'s ousted President Mohammed Morsi stands guard at a barricade near Cairo University, where protesters have installed their camp in Giza, southwest of Cairo, Egypt, Sunday, July 7, 2013. (AP Photo/Manu Brabo) (credit:AP)
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A supporter of Egypt\'s ousted President Mohammed Morsi waves in front of a car turned into a stand selling shoes in Nasser City, suburb of Cairo, Egypt, Sunday, July 7, 2013. (AP Photo/Paul Schemm) (credit:AP)
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Supporters of Egypt\'s ousted President Mohammed Morsi chant slogans at a sit-in in Nasser City, suburb of Cairo, Egypt, Sunday, July 7, 2013. (AP Photo/Paul Schemm) (credit:AP)
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A supporter of Egypt\'s ousted President Mohammed Morsi sleeps on the pavement near Cairo University, where protesters have installed their camp in Giza, southwest of Cairo, Egypt, Sunday, July 7, 2013. (AP Photo/Manu Brabo) (credit:AP)
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Egyptian military soldiers stand guard atop armored personnel carriers near Cairo University, where supporters of Egypt\'s ousted President Mohammed Morsi have installed their camp in Giza, southwest of Cairo, Egypt, Sunday, July 7, 2013. (AP Photo/Manu Brabo) (credit:AP)
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A supporter of Egypt\'s ousted President Mohammed Morsi attends a protest in front of a Republican Guard headquarters, in Cairo, Egypt, Saturday, July 6, 2013. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra) (credit:AP)
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Egyptians carry coffins of two opponents of Egypt\'s ousted president Mohammed Morsi who were killed during clashes with supporters of Morsi in Cairo, Egypt, Saturday, July 6, 2013. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil) (credit:AP)
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Supporters of Egypt\'s ousted President Mohammed Morsi chant slogans near the University of Cairo in Giza, Egypt, Saturday, July 6, 2013. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar) (credit:AP)
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Supporters of Egypt\'s ousted President Mohammed Morsi chant slogans near the University of Cairo in Giza, Egypt, Saturday, July 6, 2013. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar) (credit:AP)
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In this Friday, July 5, 2013, photo, opponents of Egypt\'s ousted Islamist President Mohammed Morsi flock around soldiers atop armored personnel carriers at Maspero, Egypt\'s tv and radio station, not far from Tahrir Square in Cairo, Egypt. (AP Photo/Hussein Tallal) (credit:AP)
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In this Friday, July 5, 2013, photo, opponents of Egypt\'s ousted Islamist President Mohammed Morsi flock around soldiers atop armored personnel carriers at Maspero, Egypt\'s tv and radio station, not far from Tahrir Square in Cairo, Egypt. (AP Photo/Hussein Tallal) (credit:AP)
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Zinab al-Saghier, an an opponent of Egypt\'s ousted president Mohammed Morsi, who said she lost her eye during recent clashes with Morsi supporters, shouts anti-Muslim Brotherhood slogans during a protest in Tahrir Square, in Cairo, Egypt, Friday, July 5, 2013. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil) (credit:AP)
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Zinab al-Saghier, an opponent of Egypt\'s ousted president Mohammed Morsi, who says she lost her eye during recent clashes with Morsi supporters, shouts anti-Muslim Brotherhood slogans during a protest in Tahrir Square, in Cairo, Egypt, Friday, July 5, 2013. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil) (credit:AP)
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Egyptian supporters of deposed president Mohamed Morsi sit in front of barbed wire fencing that blocks the access to the headquarters of the Republican Guard in Cairo on July 8, 2013. Forty-two loyalists of Egypt\'s ousted president were killed while demonstrating against last week\'s military coup, triggering an Islamist uprising call and dashing the army\'s hopes for an interim civilian administration. ( MAHMUD HAMS/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:Getty)