(VOVworld) – Egyptian Deputy Prime Minister Hossam Eissa said his government has banned all activities of the Muslim Brotherhood, MB, including demonstration. Eissa said after a cabinet meeting that the Law on anti-terrorism will be applied to all MB members inside and outside the country, and to sponsors of the group.

The rubble of a powerful car bomb explosion in the Egyptian city of Mansura

The government has ordered the security forces to protect public places and universities to avoid MB’s terrorist acts. The decision was announced one day following a suicide bomb attack targeting a police station in Mansoura city, killing 16 people and wounding over 130 others.
Although, the Al Qaeda linked group, Ansar Beit al-Magdis, claimed responsibility, the government blamed the MB for the bombing. Ibrahim Munir, a member of the group's executive council, said to declare the MB movement a terrorist organization is illegal.