Friday, September 25, 2015

Egyptian police kill nine Muslim Brotherhood members in Cairo raid

CAIRO (Reuters) - Egyptian security forces killed nine armed members of the outlawed Muslim Brotherhood in a raid on a Cairo home on Friday, security officials said.

"The Brotherhood members clashed with security forces," said one of the officials, adding that they were meeting to plan what he called "terrorist attacks". [...]

Among the dead in that raid was Nasser al-Hafi, a prominent lawyer for the Brotherhood and a former lawmaker. Egypt's Interior Ministry said the 13 men were plotting attacks.

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