Egypt: leader of Muslim Brotherhood Mohammed Badie arrested

Police in Egypt have detained the supreme leader of the Muslim Brotherhood, according to security officials and state television.

Badie was taken into custody after he was found in an apartment in the eastern Cairo district of Nasr City, according to security officials and state television.
The apartment was very close to where Morsi’s supporters held a six-week sit-in protest that was cleared by officers last Wednesday.
Badie and his influential deputy Khairat el-Shater, who is also in custody, will go on trial later this month for their alleged role in the killing of eight protesters outside the Brotherhood's Cairo headquarters in June.
His arrest is another step in the authorities’ crackdown on the Brotherhood’s leaders and officials, detaining scores of them across the country.
The arrest came the day after a bloody attack which saw 25 policeman killed in an ambush by suspected militants in the Sinai Peninsula.