Cairo: Two Muslim Brotherhood leaders, wanted in Egypt for allegedly inciting deadly violence, have been arrested in Saudi Arabia and Kuwait, judicial sources have said.
The International Police (Interpol) arrested Akram Al Shaer, a former Egyptian lawmaker, in Saudi Arabia and his Islamist fellow Mohammad Al Qabuti in Kuwait after Egyptian authorities had issued arrest warrants against them.
Egypt’s chief prosecutor Hashem Barakat has been officially notified by Interpol of the arrests, added the sources.
Al Shaer and Al Qabuti are charged with orchestrating an attack by Brotherhood followers on a police station in the Suez Canal city of Port Saeed in August last year in the wake of a deadly clampdown by security forces on two protest camps held in Cairo by backers of president Mohammad Mursi, who is a senior Brotherhood leader.
Five people were killed and 67 wounded in the attack against the Port Saeed police station, according to a bill of indictment.
It was not clear when Al Shaer and Al Qabuti will be handed over to Egypt. Some 191 Islamists, including 117 fugitives, are charged in the case.
Last week, Saudi Arabia, a firm political and financial supporter of Egypt’s military-backed government, designated the Brotherhood a terrorist organisation.
Mohammad Mursi, Egypt’s first freely elected president, was deposed by the military in July last year following wide street protests against his one-year rule.
Dozens of senior officials in the Brotherhood, including Mursi, have been detained allegedly for inciting violence and sponsoring terrorism. Others have fled Egypt.
The Brotherhood has dismissed charges against its leaders as political motivated.
