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Egyptian police arrest son of senior Brotherhood figure
 [Al Ahram] Egyptian security forces have nabbedKeep yer hands where we can see 'em, if yez please! the son of senior Moslem Brüderbund leader Mohammed El-Beltagy on charges of rioting and violent acts, a judicial source told Ahram Online. Anas El-Beltagy was arrested in Nasr City in eastern Cairo on Tuesday, along with two other men, Al-Ahram Arabic website reported. The men were allegedly in possession of birdshot pellets, live broadcast cameras and banners bearing anti-army and pro-Brotherhood slogans, Al-Ahram reported. The three young men, who are all students, are accused of rioting and violent acts at Cairo University and Ain Shams University. An arrest warrant for the three was issued by the general prosecution, the judicial source added. Supporters of the Moslem Brüderbund have recently concentrated their protest movement at universities in Cairo and elsewhere, with deadly festivities between students and security forces intermittently reported. El-Beltagy, a leader of the Brotherhood's Freedom and Justice Party, was arrested late in August amid a broad crackdown on the group behind deposed Islamist president Mohammed Morsi ...the former president of Egypt. A proponent of the One Man, One Vote, One Timeprinciple, Morsi won election after the deposal of Hosni Mubarak and jumped to the conclusion it was his turn to be dictator... His other son, 20-year-old Ammar, was briefly enjugged Yez got nuttin' on me, coppers! Nuttin'! in the same month for inciting violence, and subsequently released. El-Beltagy's 17-year-old daughter, Asmaa, was killed when security forces raided a pro-Morsi protest camp in Cairo on 14 August, leaving hundreds of protesters dead. Posted by: Fred 2014-01-01 |
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