One persons died in a demonstration for Muslim Brothers

The Muslim Brothers group announced the death of one of its members because of the tear gas and the serious injuries in one of two others by rubber bullets which was used by the Egyptian security forces to disperse a demonstration in al-Mansoura city to the north of Cairo.

The spokesman for the Muslim Brothers group Abdul Menem Mahmoud said that one demonstrator was killed after he had inhaled tear gas opened by the security forces.

He indicated that the killed man is called Tareq Mahdi Ghanem ( 40 year old, a teacher) and the two injured men are Jamal Shueib and Asma Aymen.

However, the Egyptian ministry of the interior gave a different story to the incident. It stressed that the demonstrator died from a heart attack.

Witnesses said he died in a mosque where he was taken after the security forces interfered to disperse a demonstration included 5000 members of the Muslim Brothers members in al-Mansoura.

The group called for a demonstration in solidarity with the Palestinians in al-Azhar mosque in Cairo and in the mosques of Mustafa Mahmoud in al-Muhandiseen quarters and Misr al-Jadida and al-Ma'adi in Cairo.

Demonstrations were also held in several cities in governorates including al-Mansoura, al-Ismaleyah and al-Swees ( to the north) where several members of the group were arrested.

Sources in the Egyptian police said they arrested 90 demonstrators in al-Ismaleyah, five in Swees, 70 in Misr al-Jadeedah and 20 in al-Maadi. No acts of arrest were in al-Muhandiseen quarters and in al-Azhar.