Muslim Brotherhood spokesperson Ahmed Aref has announced that funeral prayers will take place at Rabaa El-Adawiya Mosque in Cairo for the victims of Monday's clashes at the Republican Guard headquarters.

 

At least 42 people have been killed and over 300 injured when supporters of deposed President Mohamed Morsi clashed with the Armed Forces at the headquarters in the early hours of Monday.

 

Aref said the funeral prayers will be held after the Asr (afternoon) prayers later Monday. 

 

President Morsi was deposed by Egypt's Armed Forces on Wednesday following nationwide protests calling for his ouster. Judge Adly Mansour, the head of the High Constitutional Court, was sworn in as the country's interim president on Thursday. 

 

Morsi's removal sparked anger among his supporters, mainly Islamists, spearheaded by the Muslim Brotherhood, from which Morsi hails. 

 

The National Alliance for Supporting Legitimacy, a pro-Morsi group formed to back his right to complete his term of office, continues its sit-in at Rabaa Al-Adawiya Square in Cairo’s Nasr City district.