Egyptian officials say some 200 supporters of the banned Muslim Brotherhood have been detained after the Islamist group called for illegal street protests against rising prices.
The officials say 229 people were detained Friday, but an unspecified number of minors and bystanders were later released. Those arrested came from seven provinces, including the capital, Cairo, the northern Beheira province, and Minya, south of Cairo.
The officials spoke on condition of anonymity today because they were not authorized to speak to the media.
Only several hundred Brotherhood supporters responded to the calls, staging flash protests in poor areas of Cairo and other cities on Friday.
The Brotherhood’s Mohammed Morsi, Egypt’s first freely elected president, was ousted by the military in 2013.
—AP
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