Egypt has arrested over 150 supporters of the Muslim Brotherhood movement in nine cities across the country, one year after former president, Mohamed Morsi, was ousted in a military coup.
The arrests were made on Thursday during protest rallies dubbed “the day of rage” that marked the first anniversary of Morsi’s ouster.
According to a security official, 157 people were arrested in the capital Cairo and eight other cities. The police also fired tear gas to disperse the protesters.
Meanwhile, at least five people were killed in Cairo during the demonstration.
Three supporters of the former president were also killed in the Haram neighborhood of Giza, south of Cairo, where security forces attacked protesters and injured dozens of them.
Two other people were killed in a bomb blast in Kerdasa, a village in Giza.
Egypt has been the scene of anti-government protests with continuous clashes between security forces and Morsi’s supporters since his ouster.
Following the ouster, the then head of Egypt’s army, Abdel Fattah el-Sisi announced his candidacy for the nation’s presidency and was sworn in as president after winning an election in which less that 50 percent of eligible voters participated.
Sisi is accused of leading the suppression of the Muslim Brotherhood supporters as hundreds of them have been killed in clashes with the Egyptian security forces over the past few months.
Rights groups say the army’s crackdown on the supporters of Morsi has left over 1,400 people dead and 22,000 others arrested.
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