6 Brotherhood members in custody for 15 days

The Egyptian Public Prosecutor Hashem Barakat on Thursday ordered 15-day custody for six leading Muslim Brotherhood figures pending further investigations. The six defendants were arrested two days ago, include the Group's Spokesman Gehad Al-Hadad on charges of inciting violence and promoting negative propaganda about the state. The Prosecutor also accused them of association to a terrorist group which threatens the national unity. Meanwhile, the Egyptian Army Spokesman Colonel Ahmad Ali said the army and police forces arrested Thursday 15 terrorists in their broad crackdown campaign against terrorist groups in the lawless Sinai Peninsula Source: KUNA