The Muslim Brotherhood (MB) group, to which embattled President Mohamed Morsi is affiliated, described the ouster of Morsi by the military on Wednesday night as " betrayal."

"Sad day for Egypt's democratic aspirations, a betrayal of the revolution and millions of Egyptians who believed in democracy," the group tweeted.

The group also condemned the closure of MB- and Islamist- oriented TV channels and the arrest of their staff.

"The closure of TV channels is a beginning of repressive, single view era," said the MB's Freedom and Justice Party on its Twitter account.

The statements came after the military ousted Islamist President Morsi and assigned the chief of the Supreme Constitutional Court to temporarily run the country until a new president is elected.

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