An image of Muslim Brotherhood supreme leader Mohamed Badie that was shown on TV shortly after his arrest on August 20.
The Egyptian Interior Ministry has announced that the detained supreme leader and top spiritual figure of the Muslim Brotherhood is in good health.
The ministry said in a statement on its Facebook page on Sunday that Mohammed Badie was “enjoying good health”.
Earlier reports had said that Badie died of a heart attack in prison. Badie was detained ten days ago by security forces at his home in Cairo on charges of inciting violence and murder.
Egyptian security forces began a crackdown on Muslim Brotherhood leaders and members after President Mohamed Morsi was ousted by the army on July 3.
The interim government has arrested hundreds of Brotherhood members, many of them senior leaders, on allegations of inciting violence.
The latest arrest of a senior Brotherhood member was made on Thursday, when the security forces detained Mohamed El-Beltagi.
The government of army-appointed interim President Adly Mansour has also launched a bloody crackdown on Morsi supporters and arrested more than 2,000 Brotherhood members, including the partyâ„¢s leader, Badie, who was detained on August 20. Several Muslim Brotherhood leaders are on trial at Egyptian courts.
Hundreds people were killed in a week of violence between Morsi anti-coup protesters and security forces after police dispersed their protest camps in a deadly operation on August 14.
One of Badie’s sons was killed during the crackdown on the protesters calling for Morsiâ„¢s reinstatement.
The massacre sparked international condemnation and prompted world bodies to call for an independent investigation into the violence.
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Republished from: Press TV