Security forces in Cairo, working alongside the National Security Agency (NSA), have arrested fugitive Muslim Brotherhood leader Mahmoud Ezzat, the outlawed terrorist group’s acting Supreme Guide. Security forces found encrypted computers and phones at the residence, used to secure Ezzat’s communication and management of the organization within and outside the country, alongside papers detailing plans for sabotage. These include:– The 2015 assassination of former Public Prosecutor Hisham Barakat with a car bomb while leaving his home, which resulted in the injury of nine civilians. – A 2016 assassination attempt of the former Assistant Public Prosecutor Zakaria Abdulaziz, using a car bomb near his home in the Fifth Settlement. – Detonating a car bombing in front of the National Cancer Institute in August 2019, which killed 20 civilians and injured 47 others.

Source: Egypt Independent August 28, 2020 13:41 UTC