Egypt arrests Muslim Brotherhood leader in Cairo
Egyptian security forces arrested Mahmoud Ezzat during a raid on an apartment east of Cairo.
Egypt has arrested the acting leader of the Muslim Brotherhood, the Interior Ministry said Friday, as part of a long-running crackdown on the banned Islamist group.
“After monitoring his movement for a while,” Mahmoud Ezzat, 76, was found during a raid on an apartment in a Cairo suburb “despite incessant rumors circulated by officials of the Brotherhood about his presence abroad,” a ministry statement said.
