Egypt says 6 Muslim Brotherhood killed in Cairo shootout
Egyptian security forces killed six suspected
members of the now-outlawed Muslim Brotherhood in a shootout in Cairo, the
Interior Ministry said Tuesday, amid tight security across the capital
following rare anti-government protests over the weekend.
The six were killed in a firefight when police
raided their hideout in the Cairo suburb of Sixth of October, the ministry said
in a brief statement. The ministry oversees police forces.
The statement said the suspects were planning
militant attacks. It did not say when the raids took place, whether police
forces were wounded in the clashes with the militants, or otherwise elaborate.
Egypt branded the Muslim Brotherhood a terrorist
organization in 2013 and arrested thousands of its members after the military’s
ouster of elected but divisive president, Mohammed Morsi, who hailed from the Muslim
Brotherhood, amid mass protests against his brief rule.
