In yet another crackdown,Egyptian Police Monday detained more than a dozen members of the outlawed Muslim Brotherhood in different parts of the nation, according to sources inside the group.The detainees in Cairo include Mahmoud Ezzat, the deputy supreme guide of the group and Essam Erian, a leading member of the group, they said.
The number of arrests could be higher as more arrests are reported from other provinces of the nation, said Abdel Moneim Abdel Maqsoud. No comment was immediately available from the Ministry of the Interior.
The Muslim Brotherhood, an influential opposition power in Egypt, has a fifth of seats at the People's Assembly (the Lower House of the Egyptian Parliament) where its members pose as independents.
