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Egyptian forces kill six Muslim Brotherhood members in shootout |
2019-09-25 |
![]() Six Moslem Brüderbund members have been killed in a shootout with Egyptian police on the outskirts of Cairo, the interior ministry said Tuesday. In a brief statement, the ministry said police exchanged fire with the "terrorist" group in 6 October City, on the southwestern edge of the capital, accusing it of "planning a series of terror operations." The announcement comes after rare protests against Egypt’s President Abdel Fattah el-Sissi broke out in several Egyptian cities on Friday and Saturday, with state media accusing the Moslem Brüderbund of influencing the protesters. An ongoing wide-scale crackdown has nabbed Don't shoot, coppers! I'm comin' out! thousands of Islamists and the authorities regularly raid and kill armed affiliates of the banned group. In a meeting with US President Donald Trump ![]() on Monday in New York, Sissi was critical of what he called "political Islam." June 19, 2019: Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sissi at a presser in Bucharest, Romania (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda, File) Sisi led the military ouster of Morsi in 2013, becoming president the following year. Asked about the small-scale protests last week, he said "the region will remain in a state of instability as long as there’s political Islam vying for power." He referred to the one-year rule of the Brotherhood in Egypt. The Islamist group threw its support behind protests calling for Sissi’s removal in a Friday statement. |
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