Ibrahim Mounir, secretary general of the Muslim Brotherhood international organization, said remarks by Prime Minister Hazem al-Beblawy accusing the group of terrorism were made “without investigations or knowing the outcome of security measures and investigations on the Mansoura bombing.”
He indicated that this 'refers to planning for division between citizens and that it doesn’t pour into favor of the people nor Islamists.'
Egyptian society has been fiercy polarized since the ouster of former President Mohamed Morsy. The Brotherhood and its supporters have been the target of frequent accusations of terrorist plots before any evidence emerges.
“The blast is an attempt to postpone the referendum,” he said on Wednesday, adding that the military wants to sacrifice the Muslim Brotherhood to strengthen its situation considering this "a war against the Egyptian citizen’s identity."
He added that the ‘coup’ wants to create division between people and that it is following the style used by all coups, which is the same as what happened before 25 January revolution when al-Qiddissine church in Alexandria was bombed. In 1954, five blasts took place, Mounir said, adding that Gamal Abdel Nasser later told closed elements that he planned for them to create chaos that would lead to the elimination of the Brotherhood.
Edited translation from Al-Masry Al-Youm
