Egypt C.bank Tells Banks to Shut Early Due to Ongoing Unrest

Egypt’s Central Bank (CBE) has told banks to close their branches early driven by the ongoing unrest as local security forces announced the beginning to disperse pro-morsi protest camps in Cairo.

Banks must close their branches by 12:00 p.m. (10:00 GMT) instead of the usual 5:00 p.m.

Egyptian police attacked the two main Muslim Brotherhood sit-ins in Cairo’s Nahda and Rabaa El-Adaweya squares shortly after dawn on Wednesday as they moved to disperse thousands of Islamists in both venues.

Live television footage showed riot police firing tear gas at protesters at one of the entrances of Rabaa El-Adaweya mosque in northern Cairo, where tens of thousands have been camping for more than 40 days to demand the reinstatement of ousted President Mohamed Morsi.