Egyptian security forces kill Brotherhood leader following kidnapping

Sources from the Muslim Brotherhood have stated that Egyptian security forces killed Muslim Brotherhood leader and businessman Tarek Khalil two weeks after forcibly kidnapping him.

The sources also noted that the army’s security forces kidnapped Khalil, along with a member of the Muslim Brotherhood Guidance Office, Mohamed Saad Elewa, on the first day of Ramadan. They added that the two were severely tortured at the army detention centre, and that Khalil was unable to bear the torture, resulting in his death.

According to the sources, Khalil’s body was hidden at Zeinhom Morgue in Cairo for five days.

Mohammed Tarek Kahlil, the son of the deceased Brotherhood leader son, said in a call with Al-Jazeera, that the family did not know the whereabouts of his father in the two weeks since his kidnapping on the first day of Ramadan.

He added that the family initially heard that he was being held in a basement owned by the state security agency, but that they had heard only a few hours ago about his body was in Zeinhom Morgue.

Mohammed confirmed that his father’s body showed signs of severe torture and that an autopsy was performed. He also noted that his father’s body had been in the morgue from 28 June to 3 July, but that the family was not informed.

The family eventually discovered that the body was brought from Kasr Al-Aini Hospital by way of the Misr El Qadima Police Station. Mohammad said that the death of his father reflect the current situation in Egypt, which he called a “state of injustice and oppression that has no respect for anything.”

Khalil was responsible for the Muslim Brotherhood’s Development Committee.

The news of his death came after the families of 13 deceased Muslim Brotherhood leaders and members claimed the security forces has assassinated their loved ones on Wednesday just hours after they were arrested.

Photos of the victims taken at Zeinhom Morgue show their fingers still had ink on them from being fingerprinted by the security forces immediately after their arrest.

The Muslim Brotherhood has warned the government against what it describes as “the anger of the oppressed”.