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Egypt's President detained

04 July 2013 07:40 (UTC +04:00)

Baku – APA. Egypt's army was holding ousted President Mohamed Mursi at a military facility in Cairo on Thursday and other Muslim Brotherhood leaders were arrested in a crackdown on the movement that won several elections last year, APA reports quoting Reuters.

Mursi himself was transported to the Defense Ministry, Brotherhood spokesman Gehad El-Haddad told Reuters.

Egypt's military chief Lieutenant-General Abdel Fattah al-Sisi announced Mr Morsi's removal on state television on July 3 after a week of bloodshed as millions of Egyptians took to the streets to demand an end to a turbulent year of rule.

Security forces have arrested two senior leaders of the Mulsim Brotherhood who are close to Mr Morsi. The website of the official Al-Ahram newspaper is also reporting that the military has ordered the arrest of a further 300 Islamists.

Saad al-Katatni, who heads the Freedom and Justice Party -- the political arm of the Muslim Brotherhood -- and Rashad Bayoumi, the deputy head of the Islamist movement were detained, the officials said.