In a new escalation of government's suppression State security launched fierce crackdowns on high ranking Muslim Brotherhood leaders in Menofiya, arresting 8.

Detainees include engineers, doctors, professors and lawyers namely:

Al Badr Abdel Aziz al-Falah

Dr. Osama Al-Obeid

Saad Abul Enien

Dr. Ahmed Shawki Amar

Dr. Ibrahim Bishtawi

Mohamed al-Mahdy