ElBaradei: 'Graag zo weinig mogelijk doden bij politieoptreden'

The military-backed interim government last week ordered the end of two sit-ins by tens of thousands of Mr. Morsi’s supporters, raising the threat of a bloody incursion by Egypt’s poorly trained security services into two Cairo squares.

During a television interview on Saturday, Mr. ElBaradei said he would “use all available means” to avoid an incursion. If force is necessary, he said, “it has to be with the least number of casualties.”