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CAIRO, Aug 20 (KUNA) -- Egyptian prosecution ordered Monday eight members
of the Muslim Brotherhood group remanded in custody for 15 days pending
investigations.
The detainees are accused of belonging to a banned group, possession of
anti-government leaflets and promotion of destabilizing ideology, the
state-run Middle East News Agency (MENA) quoted prosecution sources in
Alexandria, north Egypt, as saying.
The investigations made by Alexandria prosecution department revealed that
the detainees used to hold meetings at their homes to revive the group and
promote its ideology, the sources said.
Egyptian police, engaged in a fresh crackdown against the Muslim
Brotherhood, detained 18 members of the country's strongest opposition group
at dawn on Sunday, in the coastal city of Alexandria and the northeastern
Sharqiya governorate. (end)
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