ElBaradei arrives at Cairo mass protests
- From: NewsCore
- January 31, 2011
EGYPT'S leading opposition figure Mohamed ElBaradei arrived near the epicentre of deadly anti-regime protests in Cairo today where tens of thousands of people chanted for President Hosni Mubarak to go.
"The people want to topple the president," the crowd chanted as Nobel laureate ElBaradei arrived by car before making his way slowly on foot through a sea of people to Tahrir square.
"We will sacrifice our soul and our blood for the nation," the angry crowd shouted.
The National Coalition for Change, which groups several opposition movements including the banned Muslim Brotherhood, charged ElBaradei with negotiating with Mubarak's embattled regime.
Six days of nationwide protests against Mubarak's three-decade rule have shaken Egypt and left at least 125 people dead as the veteran leader clings to power.
