DHAKA: Ex-army chief Abdul Fattah al-Sisi has been sworn in as Egypt’s new president after a landslide win in May elections.

He said his election was ‘a democratic, peaceful handover of power’ that represented ‘a historic moment and turning point’ for the nation.

Security forces were deployed at key locations around the capital Cairo for the ceremony at the Supreme Constitutional Court.

The retired field marshal overthrew president Mohammed Mursi last July.

He has since been pursuing a crackdown on Mursi’s Muslim Brotherhood, which urged a boycott of the elections, reports the BBC.

BDST: 2038 HRS, JUNE 08, 2014