Analysts warn of more violence

Egypt faces new polarisation and the potential for further violence after a crackdown on supporters of ousted president Mohamed Morsi turned into a bloodbath, analysts say.
More than 500 people were killed on Wednesday when security forces moved to disperse two Cairo protest camps of Morsi loyalists in a heavy-handed assault that drew international censure.
But domestically, the government's actions were well-received by many, with the media saying police forces had rid Egypt of the "nightmare" of Morsi's Muslim Brotherhood.
Analysts warned that popular support could lead to an even wider crackdown on Morsi loyalists, and expressed hope that politicians would instead reach out to moderate Islamists.
"The polarisation gets much, much worse" after the deaths, warned Michael Hanna, a senior fellow at The Century Foundation, a US think-tank.
"The fact that the military has gone this far in terms of a crackdown makes the possibility for any near-term compromise for the Morsi camp impossible, and that in turn makes more repression inevitable," he said.
On Thursday, supporters of the ousted Islamist president launched new demonstrations, despite a warning from the interior ministry a day earlier against any additional protests.
"They will continue to demonstrate, hold strikes in different cities, maybe targeting different provinces," predicted Nabil Abdel Fattah, an analyst with the Ahram Centre for Political and Strategic Studies.
Morsi's supporters will try "to present the government as unable to control the country, and try to show the Muslim Brotherhood is the most powerful and popular group in Egypt, which is their belief," he added.
The international backlash against the deaths has been fierce, with condemnation pouring in and several European countries summoning Egypt's ambassadors over the violence.