Cairo police raid kills 9

CAIRO: An Egyptian police raid on an apartment in Cairo killed nine wanted men including senior Muslim Brotherhood leader Nasser Al-Houfi on Wednesday, security officials and the Brotherhood said.
Security officials said the nine “terrorists” killed in the capital were wanted for vandalism and violence.
When police went to arrest them, the militants opened fire and the nine were killed in the ensuing gun battle, a security official said.
The Muslim Brotherhood, whose leader Muhammad Mursi was Egypt’s president, said the dead were leaders from the blacklisted movement.
A lawyer for the Brotherhood said the dead included Nasser Al-Houfi, a former parliamentarian from the group. In another tweet, the Brotherhood said the dead included “Abdul Fattah Ibrahim, head of the committee for supporting families of political detainees & martyrs.”
Meanwhile, Egypt’s Cabinet said in a statement on Wednesday that an anti-terrorism law that it had approved would provide “quick and just deterrence” against terrorism.