Egypt's April 6 Youth Movement has denied press reports that it has plans to invade prisons and induce chaos during protests next Friday.
The movement is one of several youth and opposition groups that have called for a million-man protest on Friday. Their demands include the faster prosecution of former regime officials.
On Sunday, independent daily Youm7 quoted a report it claimed was issued by the Ministry of Interior's Public Security Authority, which said the movement plans to launch assaults on police departments nationwide.
But the group's spokesperson, Mohamed Adel, denied the report, stressing the group's peaceful approach to affecting change.
"The group never adopted violence in its struggle against ousted president Hosni Mubarak or during the 25 January revolution," Adel said.
He pointed out that its members protected the Ministry of Interior's headquarters against attacks last Tuesday through Friday.
Adel said that if the alleged report was indeed issued by the Public Security Authority, the whole ministry needs an overhaul.
He added that the leaking of "fabricated" reports is meant to discourage citizens from taking part in the 8 July protests. He said the report may also be a response to the three-day sit-in the group staged in Tahrir Square following the security crackdown on protesters last Tuesday.
Adel said the group will call on the Minister of Interior to interrogate and dismiss officers involved in forging the report so as to rid the ministry of the approach it adopted under its now-detained former head, Habib al-Adly.
Translated from the Arabic Edition
