Over 1,000 Mursi Supporters Arrested Over 1,000 Mursi Supporters ArrestedEgypt’s army arrested more than 1,000 supporters of ousted President Mohamed Mursi in recent protests. The Egyptian Interior Ministry said in a statement early Saturday that "the number of Muslim Brotherhood elements arrested reached 1004," including 558 in Cairo alone, Al-Alam reported. Meanwhile, security forces have surrounded Cairo’s Al-Fath mosque that is full of supporters of Mursi following deadly clashes which killed nearly 1000 people across the North African country. One protester said around 1,000 people have been trapped in the mosque, which had earlier held the bodies of over 20 people who died in Friday's violence. The Brotherhood said gunfire went on around the mosque for some time, but security officials accused the protesters of shooting at police from inside the mosque. The Muslim Brotherhood's Freedom and Justice Party (FJP) appealed for the prevention of another "massacre" after score