Egypt says arrests seven militants, links them to Muslim Brotherhood
CAIRO - Egyptian authorities said on Friday they had arrested members of two recently emerged militant groups, along with weapons, explosives and proof that the organisations had been set up by the Muslim Brotherhood.
Police detained seven members of the Hasam Movement and Louwaa al-Thawra, the interior ministry said - both groups that have claimed responsibility for assassination attempts on judges, policemen and military officers in recent months.
There was no immediate comment from either organisation, or from the outlawed Muslim Brotherhood, which says it is a peaceful movement and accuses the government of abuses.
The Brotherhood won Egypt's first free elections after the 2011 uprising that ended Hosni Mubarak's 30-year rule.
