Beltagy’s son arrested in Beni Suef

Ammar al-Beltagy, son of Muslim Brotherhood leader Mohamed al-Beltagy, was arrested Sunday in Beni Suef with three other sons of the group’s leaders, state-run Al-Ahram reported.

A source from the Ministry of Interior said that security forces arrested Beltagy, Tarek Mostafa Abdel Aziz, Jalal Younis, and Mohamed Hussein Abdel Azim in the latter’s house.

The source said the second detainee is the grandson of the Brotherhood's Beni Suef secretary, and that the third detainee's father is the owner of one of the biggest supermarkets in Beni Suef and a financier for the group's activities in the governorate.

He added that Essam Ibrahim, a doctor who belongs to the Brotherhood, was also arrested.

The source said that all the suspects were arrested upon the orders of the general prosecution and that all legal measures were taken once they were brought in. 

Many Brotherhood leaders and sympathizers have been arrested since President Mohamed Morsi's ouster on July 3 and the forcible dispersal of the two sit-ins supporting him on August 14. In an interview on August 20, the head of General Authority of Cairo Investigations said the authority had all but confirmed information on the location of most leaders of the group, who fled during the dispersal of the sit-ins. 

Mohamed al-Beltagy's 17-year-old daughter Asmaa was killed during the dispersal of the Rabea al-Adaweya sit-in.