2012 Heliopolis Palace incident

2012 Heliopolis Palace Incident
2012 Heliopolis Palace Incident
Part of the Egyptian crisis, 2012-13 Egyptian protests
	Egyptian Republican Guard tanks guarding the Heliopolis Palace
Date	4-6 December 2012
Location	Heliopolis, Cairo, Egypt
Caused by	2012 constitutional declaration decree on the presidential sweeping powers beyond judicial oversight
Goals	Revision on the constitution
Methods	protests; riots; online activism; assault; vandalism;
Resulted in	Constitutional decree cancelled
Parties
Egyptian Government; Muslim Brotherhood; Freedom and Justice Party; Central Security Forces; Republican Guard; Pro-Morsi protesters;	Anti-Morsi protesters
Lead figures
	Mohamed Morsi; (President of Egypt); Hesham Qandil; (Prime Minister of Egypt); Saad El-Katatni; (Chairman of the FJP); Mohammed Badie; (Leader of the Muslim Brotherhood); Khairat el-Shater; (Deputy Leader of the Muslim Brotherhood) Mohamed ElBaradei; Hamdeen Sabahi; Amr Moussa
Casualties
Death(s)	10 (including pro Morsi and anti-Morsi)
Injuries	hundreds

The 2012 Heliopolis Palace Incident refers to protests that led to clashes in early December 2012 outside the Heliopolis Palace in Heliopolis, Cairo. It was sparked by President Mohamed Morsi’s controversial constitutional declaration, issued on November 22, 2012, which granted him sweeping powers beyond judicial oversight. On December 4, thousands of protesters opposed to Morsi gathered outside the Heliopolis Palace.

By the 5th of December, protests turned violent; clashes erupted between anti-Morsi demonstrators, Morsi supporters —mainly Muslim Brotherhood members — and security forces leading to at least 10 deaths and hundreds of injuries. Security forces, including the Central Security Forces and the Republican Guard, were deployed, and the area was fortified with barbed wire and barricades. The atmosphere came to a calm by the 6th of December.