DHAKA: Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood condemned a bomb attack on a security compound in the Nile Delta town of Dakahlyia which killed 12 people and wounded more than 100 early on Tuesday.

‘The Muslim Brotherhood condemns in the strongest possible terms the attack on the police headquarters in Mansoura (region),’ an emailed statement from the group’s London press office said, reports The Voice of Russia.

‘The Muslim Brotherhood considers this act as a direct attack on the unity of the Egyptian people and demands an enquiry forthwith so that the perpetrators of this crime may be brought to justice.’

BDST: 1320 HRS, DEC 24, 2013
Edited by Robab Rosan, Current Affairs Editor