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'No leniency' for acts of violence: Egypt's President Sisi

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi warned on Sunday, hours after being sworn in, that there will be "no leniency" for those who commit acts of violence.

In a televised address to the nation, Sisi promised to work toward "reconciliation" but not with those who have "shed blood".

Sisi ousted Islamist president Mohamed Morsi last July, since when authorities have crushed his Muslim Brotherhood movement, jailed its leaders and put them on trial.

Sisi said there will be "no leniency and truce with those who resort to violence".

"I am looking to a new era built on reconciliation and tolerance.. except with those who committed crimes or used violence as a tool," he said.

"I am saying clearly that those who shed the blood of the innocent and killed ... the sons of Egypt, they don't have a place in (our) march."

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