Some 12 Muslim Brothers members detained in Egypt

A source in the Egyptian police announced that some 12 persons of the banned Muslim Brothers group in North Egypt were arrested on charge of trying to revive the organization.

The source explained that those persons were detained today ( yesterday) in al-Manofeyah ( Delta) under the charge of "joining illegal organization and having publications stand against the regime and trying to revive the group's activity in secret and attempting to demonstrate and violating general security in the country." The source added that the arrested persons, including a doctor, an engineer and a pharmacist were transported to Cairo to be inquired before the state security attorney.

On April 22, the authorities arrested 11 leading figures of the group in Alexandria including arrested persons who were detained and sentenced to imprisonment in the framework of several trials during recent years.

The Egyptian minister of the interior Habib al-Adeli criticized in the mid of January the Muslims Brothers and accused them in particular of calling for a people's uprising.

The officially banned Muslim Brothers group which the authorities keep a blind eye on its activities, is considered one of the main opposition forces in Egypt. It is represented by 16 representatives at the parliament.