
In his resignation letter to interim President Adly Mansour on Wednesday evening, ElBaradei wrote, �It has become difficult for me to continue bearing responsibility for decisions that I do not agree with and whose consequences I fear. I cannot bear the responsibility for one drop of blood.�
�Unfortunately those who gain from what happened today are those who call for violence and terror, the extremist groups,� he wrote.
ElBaradei has expressed regret over the loss of lives and has said he believed the tragedy could have been avoided.
The move comes after scores of people were killed in a bloody crackdown by security forces on supporters of ousted president, Mohamed Morsi.
Parts of the capital Cairo now resemble a battle zone after Egyptian forces stormed pro-Morsi camps.
According to Egypt�s Muslim Brotherhood, at least 2,200 people were killed and 10,000 others injured in the crackdown by the Egyptian security forces on protest sit-ins held by Morsi supporters in Cairo.
The government, however, has put the death toll at nearly 90.
Meanwhile, the country�s leading Islamic authority, al-Azhar, condemned the deadly violence saying in a statement that �the use of violence has never been an alternative to a political solution.�
Earlier in the day, Egypt�s interim government declared a curfew in Cairo and 11 other provinces in an effort to control the deadly violence. The state of emergency is going to last for a month.
Tension has intensified in Egypt since July 3 when the Egyptian army removed Morsi from office. The army also suspended the constitution and dissolved the parliament.
Hundreds of protesters, mostly Morsi�s supporters, have been killed or wounded during the unrelenting violence that erupted since the removal of Morsi.
On August 12, the Anti-Coup Pro-Democracy Alliance called on people to hold nationwide rallies to counter the military clampdown on their sit-ins.
The Egyptian army had earlier warned of taking action against pro-Morsi protesters.
By Press TV
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