CAIRO
More leading members of Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood were arrested at dawn on Monday amid an intensifying government crackdown on the beleaguered Islamist group.
Members of the Brotherhood's Freedom and Justice Party (FJP) in Suez said at least ten high-ranking group members had been detained, including the provincial head of the Egyptian Teachers' Syndicate.
In the coastal city of Alexandria, several other top Brotherhood figures were arrested on Monday, including prominent FJP members Hamdi Hassan and Magdi Bahi.
Security forces also raided the homes of four FJP leaders in the Fayoum province south of Cairo, but did not find any of them at home at the time, the party said on its website.
In the Nile Delta province of Daqahliya, FJP provincial secretary Ali Ibrahim Abu-Auf was arrested.
At least 15 Brotherhood members were also arrested in the Upper Egyptian province of Luxor by joint police-army forces.
The National Alliance for the Defense of Legitimacy, a coalition of largely Islamist parties and figures supportive of ousted President Mohamed Morsi, said the arrests had targeted mid-ranking group members.
In Assuit, also in Upper Egypt, local state prosecutors ordered 11 Brotherhood members remanded in custody for 15 days pending investigation into charges of inciting violence and resisting authorities.
The Interior Ministry has yet to issue an official statement on Monday's spate of arrests.
On Sunday, dozens of the group's provincial heads were detained as Egypt's military-backed authorities stepped up their crackdown.
Earlier this week, a cabinet spokesperson said the government was considering calls to formally dissolve Egypt's 80-year-old Muslim Brotherhood group.
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