BREAKING NEWS- EGYPT

Morsy under house arrest, Muslim Brotherhood spokesman says

Egypt's top military leader announces Wednesday night that President Mohamed Morsy has been removed from power

[Updated at 8:03 p.m. ET, 2:03 a.m. in Egypt] Muslim Brotherhood spokesman Gehad El-Haddad just confirmed his account of Morsy's arrest to CNN by phone.

Presidential guards arrested Morsy at the guards' headquarters, El-Haddad told CNN.

He described it as "house arrest." He added that Morsy's presidential team was "entirely put under arrest as well."

[Updated at 7:42 p.m. ET, 1:42 a.m. in Egypt] Morsy is "under house arrest," as are most members of the presidential team, according to a post on Muslim Brotherhood spokesman Gehad El-Haddad's Twitter account.

Egypt's deposed President Mohamed Morsi, toppled by the military on Wednesday, is being held by the authorities, a Muslim Brotherhood spokesman and a security official said on Thursday.

Reuters reported that Ahmed Aref, the Brotherhood spokesman, said both Mursi and Essam El-Haddad, a senior aide, were being held but he did not know where.

A security official said they were being held at a military intelligence facility.

A presidential aide said that Morsi had been moved from his office at the headquarters of the Republican Guards to an undisclosed location, AFP reported.

Several of his aides said they had lost all communication with Morsi and do not know what his status is.

[Reuters and AFP]