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More than 1000 Islamists arrested in Egypt

Police in Egypt have arrested 1004 Islamists after clashes killed more than 80 people on Friday.

Egyptian police have arrested 1004 alleged supporters of the Muslim Brotherhood throughout a day of nationwide deadly clashes, the interior ministry says

"The number of Muslim Brotherhood elements arrested reached 1004," the statement said on Saturday, including 558 in Cairo alone.

The clashes on Friday killed more than 80 people, according to officials and witnesses in makeshift morgues.

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Published 17 August 2013 12:44pm

Updated 26 August 2013 2:01pm

Source: AAP

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