CAIRO (Reuters) - Egyptian authorities arrested an Islamist militant on Sunday, saying he was close to the brother of al Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahri and had supplied arms to supporters of ousted President Mohamed Mursi, according to security sources.
Daoud Khairat was arrested in Cairo's Nasr City district, where police broke up a pro-Mursi protest vigil on August 14 in a bloody crackdown on the Islamist president's Muslim Brotherhood. At least five other Islamist militants were detained elsewhere.
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