Egyptian state television also reported that an additional 322 people were wounded.
After the shooting, the Muslim Brotherhood said that the chief of the armed forces, General Abel Fattah al-Sisi wanted to drive Egypt to the same fate as Syria. Holding him responsible, the group described the shooting as a "horrible crime" in a statement posted on Facebook. .
"The Freedom and Justice Party calls on the great Egyptian people to rise up against those who want to steal their revolution with tanks and armored vehicles, even over the dead bodies of the people," a statement on the party's Facebook page said.
The Egyptian military said "a terrorist group" had tried to storm the building in the early hourse of Monday. One army officer had been killed and 40 wounded, the military said.
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