Egypt’s ousted president Mohammed Mursi is currently being detained at a military facility for “preventative” measures, military and Muslim Brotherhood sources have been quoted as saying early Thursday.
Mursi was detained along with senior aides after issuing a defiant call for supporters to protect his elected “legitimacy”, in a recorded speech hours after the military announced he had been ousted Wednesday, according to AFP news agency.
A senior army official speaking to AFP Mursi “is being held preventively for final preparations,”, suggesting Mursi may face formal charges over accusations made by his opponents.
“We had to confront it at some point, this threatening rhetoric,” the military official said.

“He succeeded in creating enmity between Egyptians,” the official said.

Meanwhile, officials from the Muslim Brotherhood, from which Mursi hails, also confirmed to Reuters news agency the toppled president is being held the authorities.

Ahmed Aref, the Brotherhood spokesman, said both Mursi and Essam El-Haddad, a senior aide, were being held but he did not know where.
“Mursi and the entire presidential team are under house arrest in the Presidential Republican Guards Club,” Gehad El-Haddad, the son of a top Mursi aide, told AFP.