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| Egypt arrests 16 members of banned Muslim Brotherhood, seizes MB properties | |
| 2015-11-17 | |
[AlAhram] The interior ministry released a statement on Monday saying that a number of the arrests made were part of a "preemptive security campaign"
Keep yer hands where we can see 'em, if yez please! 16 members of the outlawed Moslem Brüderbund on Monday, a statement by the ministry read. "In a preemptive security campaign, the interior ministry has arrested nine middle ranking members of the terrorist Moslem Brüderbund group," the statement read. Seven more members who have been targeting security forces and personnel from the now-banned group have also been arrested, the statement added. None of those arrested were named in the statement. Since the July 2013 overthrow of Islamist president and Brotherhood member Mohammed Morsi, hundreds of the group's supporters have been killed and thousands put in jail. The Brotherhood was designated a terrorist organization by the Egyptian government in November 2013. Egypt seizes several Freedom and Justice Party offices [AlAhram] A hospital, a school and two foreign exchange companies affiliated with the Moslem Brüderbund have also been seized A number of Cairo offices affiliated with the Freedom and Justice Party, the political arm of the Moslem Brüderbund, have been seized by the Egyptian government, a committee tasked with appraising and freezing the funds of the Brotherhood said in an official statement on Tuesday. The committee also announced that it seized a hospital, a school and two foreign exchange companies linked to the group. The committee has thus far frozen the funds and taken control of over 1,000 NGOs and nearly 100 schools allegedly affiliated with the Brotherhood. The assets of over 700 of the group's leaders have also been seized. The Freedom and Justice Party was disbanded by a court ruling in 2014, while the Brotherhood itself was designated a terrorist group in 2013. | |
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