CAIRO (Sputnik) — The Egyptian Popular Resistance Movement, which is affiliated with the Muslim Brotherhood, a religious and political group, has claimed responsibility for the killing of eight policemen in the vicinity of Cairo on Sunday, local media reported.
According to the newspaper Youm7, the movement placed a corresponding statement on their Facebook page, claiming the attack was carried out to honor those who died during protests at the square near the Rabiyah Aladawiah Mosque on the 1,000-day anniversary of the massacre.
In summer 2013, the Egyptian Security Forces dispersed a sit-in Muslim Brotherhood protest at the Rabiyah Aladawiah square against the overthrow of President Mohamed Morsi. Between 600 and 820 people have been reported to have been killed during the dispersal.
