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Egypt arrests Muslim Brotherhood leader Badie: state media
Source: Reuters
Egypt arrests Muslim Brotherhood leader Badie: state media
CAIRO | Mon Aug 19, 2013 8:29pm EDT
(Reuters) - Egyptian security forces have arrested the top leader of the Muslim Brotherhood, state media reported on Tuesday.
Mohamed Badie was detained at a residential flat in Nasr City in northeast Cairo, the state news agency reported.
"That was after information came to the security apparatus locating his place of hiding," it said.
Badie is the Brotherhood's General Guide.
(Reporting by Tom Perry; Editing by Sandra Maler)
CAIRO | Mon Aug 19, 2013 8:29pm EDT
(Reuters) - Egyptian security forces have arrested the top leader of the Muslim Brotherhood, state media reported on Tuesday.
Mohamed Badie was detained at a residential flat in Nasr City in northeast Cairo, the state news agency reported.
"That was after information came to the security apparatus locating his place of hiding," it said.
Badie is the Brotherhood's General Guide.
(Reporting by Tom Perry; Editing by Sandra Maler)
http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/08/20/us-egypt-protests-badie-idUSBRE97J00D20130820