Muslim Brotherhood Leaders Reportedly Arrested

Reports: Egypt Arrests Several Muslim Brotherhood Leaders
Egyptian security forces move in to disperse a protest camp held by supporters of ousted president Mohamed Morsi and members of the Muslim Brotherhood, on August 14, 2013 near Cairo's Rabaa al-Adawiya mosque. Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood said at least 250 people were killed and over 5,000 injured in a police crackdown. AFP PHOTO/STR (Photo credit should read STR/AFP/Getty Images)
Egyptian security forces move in to disperse a protest camp held by supporters of ousted president Mohamed Morsi and members of the Muslim Brotherhood, on August 14, 2013 near Cairo's Rabaa al-Adawiya mosque. Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood said at least 250 people were killed and over 5,000 injured in a police crackdown. AFP PHOTO/STR (Photo credit should read STR/AFP/Getty Images)

CAIRO, Aug 14 (Reuters) - A number of leaders of Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood were arrested on Wednesday, an official said, after security forces began clearing a camp of Cairo protesters who were demanding the reinstatement of deposed President Mohamed Mursi.

"We have arrested a number of Brotherhood leaders but it's too early to announce their names," General Abdel Fattah Othman, a senior official in the Interior Ministry, told the privately-owned CBC TV channel. (Reporting By Shadia Nasralla/Tom Perry; Editing by Jon Boyle)

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