Egypt slips into complete chaos. Picture shows nuns of St. George’s church hiding on roof, as their church is attacked and set ablaze.

Via Al Arabiya:

Egypt’s interim President Adly Mansour declared a month-long state of emergency as the country fell into nationwide bloody violence.
A presidency statement said the emergency state would begin at 4 p.m. and ordered the armed forces to help the Interior Ministry enforce security.
The exceptional measures came as “the security and order of the nation face danger due to deliberate sabotage, and attacks on public and private buildings and the loss of life by extremist groups,” the presidency said as quoted by Reuters.

Interim president Mansour “has tasked the armed forces, in cooperation with the police, to take all necessary measures to maintain security and order and to protect public and private property and the lives of citizens.”

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Via Al Arabiya:

VP of the new government Mohammed El Baradei resigned in protest of handling of the sit-ins:
Egypt’s Vice President Mohammad ElBaradei resigned on Wednesday saying he couldn’t bear the responsibility for decision he disagreed with.

ElBaradei’s resignation came after more than one hundred people were killed in a crackdown by security forces to clear protests by supporters of ousted President Mohammad Mursi.

Baradei said “he cannot bear responsibility over decisions he doesn’t agree on,” adding that “there were more peaceful means” to solve the country’s crisis.

Tareq Fahmy, professor of International Relations at Cairo University, told Al Arabiya that Baradei’s resignation will not affect the political roadmap unveiled by the army when the Islamist leader Mursi was ousted on July 3.