Thousands of supporters of Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood stood their ground in Cairo today, saying they would not leave the streets despite "massacres" by security forces who shot dozens of them dead.
Egypt's ambulance service said 72 people were killed in yesterday's violence at a Cairo vigil by supporters of deposed President Mohammed Mursi.
The Muslim Brotherhood has vowed not to leave the streets unless Mr Mursi is restored to power.
His supporters accuse the military of reversing the uprising that brought democracy to the most populous Arab state.
"They will not be content until they bring back everything from the era of the corrupt, murderous security and intelligence state," senior Brotherhood official Essam el-Erian said on Facebook.
"They've stepped up their efforts to do so by committing massacres never before seen in Egyptian history."
Although Cairo was quiet this morning, violent clashes rattled the Suez Canal city of Port Said.
A 17-year-old youth was killed in fighting between the pro- and anti-Mursi camps and a further 29 people injured, security sources said.
The violence has deeply polarised Egypt, with its secular and liberal elite so far showing little sympathy for the Brotherhood.
The secular and liberal elite have no reservations about the return to power of a military which ruled for 60 years before the 2011 uprising.
However, in one of the first signs of doubt from within the interim cabinet installed after the military takeover, Deputy Prime Minister for Economic Affairs Ziad Bahaa El-Din said the government must not copy the "oppressive and exclusionary policies" of its foes.
Mr El-Din wrote on Facebook: "Our position must remain fixed on the need to provide legal guarantees not only for the members of the Brotherhood, but for every Egyptian citizen. Excessive force is not permitted,"
In another sign of unease, the Tamarud youth protest movement, which mobilised millions of people against Mr Mursi.
The Tamarud youth protest movement has fully backed the army, expressed alarm at an announcement that the interior minister was reviving the feared secret political police shut down after Mubarak was toppled.
The killings took place the morning after mass demonstrations called by military chief Abdel Fattah al-Sisi.
The call for demonstrations was to show public support for a crackdown on "terrorism", which the Brotherhood sees as justifying an onslaught against it.
In an apparent show of support for the police, General Sisi at a graduation ceremony received a standing ovation from the recruits, all decked out in starched white uniforms.
Interior Minister Mohamed Ibrahim hailed him as "Egypt's devoted son".
The military insists it does not want to retain power and aims to hand over to full civilian rule with a "road map" to elections in about six months.
But the very public role of General Sisi as face of the new order has led to speculation that the next president could again be a military officer, like all of Egypt's rulers between 1952 and Mr Mursi's election last year.
This morning army vehicles still surrounded entrances and exits to the square in northeast Cairo where thousands of Mursi supporters have camped out for a month.
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