CAIRO: Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood has named Mahmoud Ezzat as its interim chief after its supreme guide Mohamed Badie was arrested by security forces on Tuesday.
“Mahmoud Ezzat, deputy leader of the Muslim Brotherhood, will assume the role of supreme guide of the group on a temporary basis after the security forces of the bloody military coup arrested supreme guide Mohamed Badie,” the Freedom and Justice Party website said.
The appointment of Ezzat, a deputy of Badie’s, to head the party on an interim basis followed immediately after the party’s leader was arrested in Cairo’s Nasr City on charges of inciting violence.
