A Senior Muslim Brotherhood leader, Mohammed al-Beltagi, has reportedly been arrested for inciting violence against Egyptian military, following the ouster of President Mohammed Morsi.
Egyptian officials confirmed that Brotherhood's Freedom and Justice Party (FJP) secretary-general Beltagy and former labour minister Khaled al-Azhari were arrested from a flat on the outskirts of Cairo on Thursday, BBC reports.
Although prosecutors had ordered Beltagi's arrest on July 10, he regularly delivered fiery speeches at the Rabaa al-Adawiyah protest camp in Cairo, which was occupied by Morsi supporters.
Beltagi arrest comes as Egypt's military moves against Brotherhood leaders after the interim government stated that Muslim Brotherhood was a terrorist organization, the report added.
Earlier this month, the Egyptian security forces had killed hundreds of people, including Beltagi's 17-year-old daughter Asmaa, in a brutal crackdown on pro-Morsi supporters in Cairo.
The interior ministry said that security forces have the right to use live ammunition against protesters who attack public institutions.
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