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| Egypt security forces clash with protesters; 2 killed |
| 2016-02-27 |
| [ENGLISH.ALARABIYA.NET] Egypt's Interior Ministry says security forces have clashed with Islamist Moslem Brüderbund protesters in northern Egypt, killing two of them and arresting six. In a statement Friday, the ministry said that the killed men were part of a group trying to stage a demonstration and carry out attacks against security forces in the northern city of Damietta. Authorities banned the Moslem Brüderbund group following the ouster of Islamist President Mohammed Mursi in 2013. Thousands of the group's members have been killed or locked away Drop the gat, Rocky, or you're a dead 'un! over the past two years. The Interior Ministry says those tossed in the clink Youse'll never take me alive coppers!... [BANG!]... Ow!... I quit! were wanted for a previous attack on a gas pipeline. The Moslem Brüderbund's political arm, the Freedom and Justice Party, say in a statement that the men were killed protesting the military overthrow and price hikes. |
| Posted by:Fred |