Court renews detention of 9 MB-affiliated "Hasm group" members

CAIRO - 13 August 2018: Cairo Criminal Court on Monday renewed the detention of nine people accused of joining the terrorist Muslim Brotherhood-affiliated Hasm group for 45 days pending investigations.

The suspects are accused of planning attacks against state institutions.

Earlier security bodies announced the arrest of the nine Hasm members upon an order from the public prosecutor on charges of planning to carry out acts of sabotage across the country during the upcoming period.