[EN.ZAMANALWSL.NET] Egyptian security forces stormed an apartment in the western Cairo suburb of '6th of October' and killed nine men whom they said were armed, security sources said. The sources said authorities had received information the group was planning to carry out an attack. Among those dead was Nasser al-Hafi, a prominent lawyer for the Moslem Brüderbund and a former politician.
Egyptian security forces on Wednesday killed nine members of the Moslem Brüderbund during a raid on their hide-out apartment in the western Cairo suburb of 6 of October city, the interior ministry said.
The officers shot the men after they opened fire on them while attempting to escape, Giza deputy security director Magdy Abd El-Aal had told told Ahram Arabic news website earlier in the evening.
The now-banned Moslem Brüderbund, which has been blamed by the government for orchestrating terrorist attacks against security forces in the last two years, denied that the men were armed. |