Egyptian Officials: Morsi Supporter Linked to Cairo Attack Arrested

Egyptian security officials said on Tuesday that authorities had arrested a supporter of deposed Islamist President Mohamed Morsi suspected of involvement in a rocket-propelled grenade attack on a state-owned satellite station in Cairo. Any link between the suspect and Morsi in the Oct. 7 attack in the capital is likely to be used to justify tougher measures against Islamists, who authorities have portrayed as terrorists since the army seized power on July 3. Two people were wounded in the ...

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