On Sunday, Mohamed ElBaradei, Egyptian Nobel laureate, arrived in Vienna. It is, reportedly, after his resignation as vice-president amid a protest against an onslaught on forced out leader Mohamed Morsi's supporters.

It was after Morsi was ousted on July 3 that ElBaradei was appointed as vice-president. Before Morsi could be expelled, a number of protests were seen.

But, several killings in an attack on the ousted Islamist president's backers by the security forces of the military-installed interim regime forced ElBaradei to step down. The attack of four days took its toll on almost 750 people, taking their lives. Thousands of supporters got injured during the life-taking incident.

Thus, the 2005 Nobel Peace Prize winner gave his resignation on August 14. As per the findings, the International Atomic Energy Agency's (IAEA) dear former chief was now seen at Vienna's airport.

His associates reported that ElBaradei would be staying in Vienna till Friday. He had a home therein and many of his family members as well.

ElBaradei was quoted as saying, "I believe there were peaceful alternatives for ending this social strife and there were acceptable solutions that could have led us to national reconciliation, but things went in the other direction".