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Muslim Brotherhood-Affiliated Group Claims Responsibility for Cairo Murders

© REUTERS / Amr Abdallah DalshA Muslim Brotherhood member shouts solgans in front of riot police during a demonstration protesting the government's decision to transfer two Red Sea islands to Saudi Arabia, in front of the Press Syndicate in Cairo, Egypt, April 15, 2016
A Muslim Brotherhood member shouts solgans in front of riot police during a demonstration protesting the government's decision to transfer two Red Sea islands to Saudi Arabia, in front of the Press Syndicate in Cairo, Egypt, April 15, 2016 - Sputnik International
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A group connected with the notorious Muslim Brotherhood has claimed responsibility for the killing of eight policemen in Cairo on Sunday, local media reported.

CAIRO (Sputnik) — The Egyptian Popular Resistance Movement, which is affiliated with the Muslim Brotherhood, a religious and political group, has claimed responsibility for the killing of eight policemen in the vicinity of Cairo on Sunday, local media reported.

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Earlier in the day, four unidentified men ambushed and opened fire on a microbus carrying local plainclothes policemen using automatic weapons in Helwan, a city in Greater Cairo, killing a first lieutenant and seven other police officers. Each victim sustained more than ten gunshot wounds.

According to the newspaper Youm7, the movement placed a corresponding statement on their Facebook page, claiming the attack was carried out to honor those who died during protests at the square near the Rabiyah Aladawiah Mosque on the 1,000-day anniversary of the massacre.

In summer 2013, the Egyptian Security Forces dispersed a sit-in Muslim Brotherhood protest at the Rabiyah Aladawiah square against the overthrow of President Mohamed Morsi. Between 600 and 820 people have been reported to have been killed during the dispersal.

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