The Muslim Brotherhood in a statement on Wednesday denounced the assault that took place during the funeral of the 16 Egyptian soldiers who were killed on Sunday in an attack on a security checkpoint in Rafah near the border with Israel.
President Mohamed Morsy did not attend the public funeral that was held on Tuesday, during which the prime minister’s motorcade was attacked.
The statement blamed its opponents for abusing this “sad” occasion to assault national symbols and achieve personal goals.
The statement also held the Interior Ministry responsible for ignoring the complaints filed against the Brotherhood’s detractors, who have “audaciously” set 24 August as a date for burning the offices of the group. The statement pointed to media presenter Tawfiq Okasha and former MPs Mostafa Bakry and Mohamed Abou Hamed, accusing them of attempting to attribute all the misfortunes of Egypt, even those of the whole world, to the Brotherhood, including the border attack.
