Egypt VP, Nobel Laureate ElBaradei Announces Resignation
Egyptian vice president, Nobel laureate Mohammed ElBaradei, announced his resignation in a letter to the interim president on Wednesday seen by Agence France Presse.
The resignation comes after scores were killed in a crackdown by security forces on loyalists of ousted Islamist president Mohammed Morsi.
"It has become too difficult to continue bearing responsibility for decisions I do not agree with and whose consequences I fear," ElBaradei said.
He said his conscience was troubled over the loss of life "particularly as I believe it could have been avoided".
"Unfortunately those who gain from what happened today are those who call for violence and terror, the extremist groups," he said.
Source: Agence France Presse
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