Cops arrest 15 Muslim Brothers
2008-10-06 07:55
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Cairo - Egyptian police arrested 15 members of the Muslim Brotherhood in the northern coastal city of Alexandria on Sunday, a security official said.
The official said the Islamists were arrested after they tried to enter a private school where their children had been educated but which the government has ordered to close.
Among those arrested was Talaat Fahmi, the school's director.
The security official said the school was closed because its teachings broke the law, without elaborating. A Brotherhood official said the school had conformed to Egyptian education laws.
The Brotherhood is Egypt's strongest opposition party. It is officially banned but it ran independent candidates in the 2005 parliamentary elections, winning a fifth of seats.
- AFP