Egyptian democracy update: Presidential candidate reports "death threats" from Muslim Brotherhood

CAIRO, April 9 (UPI) -- Gen. Omar Suleiman said he received death threats from the Muslim Brotherhood and other groups after becoming a candidate for president of Egypt.

Suleiman, who was intelligence chief under former President Hosni Mubarak, submitted his candidacy for the presidency Sunday shortly before the filing deadline after collecting 72,000 signatures.

"And indeed as soon as my nomination for the presidency was announced, I received on my personal mobile and through some people close to me death threats and messages saying we will take revenge -- from members of the Muslim Brotherhood and other Islamist groups," Suleiman told the Egyptian daily al-Akhbar Monday.

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