CAIRO: Thirty members of Egypt s opposition Muslim Brotherhood, mostly students, have been detained in Cairo s southern suburbs, security sources and the movement s website said Sunday.
All detainees are residents of the Helwan neighborhood in southern Cairo and most of them are students, a security official said on condition of anonymity. The arrests were made on Saturday, the source added. The Muslim Brotherhood said on its website that a large number of security forces surrounded and invaded the homes of several students belonging to the Brotherhood.
It said that 20 of them were arrested as well as 10 of their relatives and friends. Clashes took place last week in several Egyptian universities when Islamist student organizations complained of state interference in campus elections.
The Muslim Brotherhood is officially banned but secured one fifth of parliament by fielding independent candidates in last year s legislative election.
