CAIRO (Reuters) - Egyptian authorities said on Friday they had arrested the acting leader of the Muslim Brotherhood, Mahmoud Ezzat, during a raid on an apartment in Cairo.
The arrest is the latest blow to Egypt's oldest and most organised Islamist movement, which has been crushed in a sweeping crackdown since it was forced from power seven years ago.
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