Muslim Brotherhood politician Mohamed Al-Beltagy Police arrested senior Muslim Brotherhood politician Mohamed Al-Beltagy on Thursday, state media and police officials said. Beltagy, who had issued defiant video recordings in hiding, was the latest Brotherhood leader detained in a wide-ranging crackdown on the Islamist movement.
Beltagy, a former member of parliament and head of the Brotherhood\'s Freedom and Justice Party, was arrested in Giza governorate, just outside of the Egyptian capital, state television reported on Thursday. He became one of the most vociferous opponents of the popularly backed military coup that toppled Islamist president Mohammed Morsi on July 3.
Police had already arrested the Brotherhood’s supreme guide Mohamed Badie and much of the senior leadership.
Badie and his deputies are standing trial on charges of involvement in the murder of protesters who stormed the Brotherhood’s headquarters on June 30.