Egyptian authorities step up security measures

Interior Minister Mohamed Ibrahim said that security forces will beef up their measures around police establishments and other government buildings as well as metro and railway stations.

Police forces have reportedly arrested ten people from the northern Beheira and the southern Assiut provinces for possessing flyers and posters promoting the protests.

A security source told the Anadolu Agency, that police forces arrested 63 people, some of which are Muslim Brotherhood members, from their homes and workplaces within the past two days alone.